⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 25-10 off them- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 22
- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the second 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:02 · CLE 14-14 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:47 · CLE 62-74 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:38 · CLE 0-10 WSH
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q2 8:15 · CLE 38-52 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 1:01 · CLE 43-62 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
