⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 52
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 9:22 · MIL 56-61 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 3:58 · MIL 70-67 CLE
- Steal
Zaza Pachulia stole it from Kyrie Irving
Q4 2:33 · MIL 91-97 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zaza Pachulia bad pass
Q4 4:22 · MIL 89-94 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tristan Thompson flagrant foul type 1 (Michael Carter-Williams draws the foul)
Q3 5:16 · MIL 58-61 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:11 · MIL 89-97 CLE
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving bad pass
Q4 2:33 · MIL 91-97 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
