⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 25-5 off them- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 9:27 · POR 13-4 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q2 0:56 · POR 66-34 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 34
Q4 7:50 · POR 103-69 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Meyers Leonard technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:00 · POR 58-30 CLE
- Missed FT
C.J. McCollum misses technical free throw
Q3 2:19 · POR 83-54 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q2 8:19 · POR 40-24 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 39-point deficit to 29
Q3 1:35 · POR 95-66 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses technical free throw
Q1 9:48 · POR 3-3 CLE
- Technical
Iman Shumpert technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:19 · POR 83-54 CLE
- Technical
James Jones technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:35 · POR 85-57 CLE
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
