⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q3 5:52 · TOR 63-75 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jonas Valanciunas flagrant foul type 1 (LeBron James draws the foul)
Q3 0:18 · TOR 74-82 CLE
- Turnover
Louis Williams bad pass
Q4 1:51 · TOR 106-111 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- Steal
James Jones stole it from Louis Williams
Q4 1:51 · TOR 106-111 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · TOR 112-119 CLE
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
