⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 44 free throws to their twenty- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
A 18-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 11 in the fourth quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q3 10:41 · CLE 70-51 LAC
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 11
Q4 6:16 · CLE 105-94 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Chris Paul flagrant foul type 1 (Timofey Mozgov draws the foul)
Q2 4:35 · CLE 47-32 LAC
- Technical
Matt Barnes technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:22 · CLE 67-45 LAC
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:17 · CLE 68-45 LAC
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 35 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
