⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen
- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the third quarter
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 5:07 · CLE 46-38 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q3 0:31 · CLE 91-80 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Timofey Mozgov technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:48 · CLE 60-55 OKC
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:35 · CLE 94-86 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 3:36 · CLE 18-26 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 11:15 · CLE 62-60 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
