⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter and never got it back. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 4 down to 6 up
Q1 2:41 · CLE 26-20 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving bad pass
Q4 2:48 · CLE 87-86 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:48 · CLE 56-56 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerami Grant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:04 · CLE 87-86 PHI
- Missed FT
Robert Covington misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:07 · CLE 87-86 PHI
- Missed FT
Robert Covington misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:07 · CLE 87-86 PHI
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
