⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 11:15 · CLE 11-2 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:11 · CLE 47-48 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 2:48 · CLE 117-100 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 0:00 · CLE 32-33 ORL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13
Q4 7:39 · CLE 107-94 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 34 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
