⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 30 from three- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shaun Livingston offensive foul (Iman Shumpert draws the foul)
Q4 2:35 · GS 81-75 CLE
- Turnover
Shaun Livingston turnover
Q4 2:35 · GS 81-75 CLE
- Missed FT
Andre Iguodala misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · GS 85-81 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:32 · GS 81-77 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:32 · GS 81-77 CLE
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:20 · GS 85-81 CLE
📊The numbers
| GS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 12 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
