⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth 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 Raptors did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 26
- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 7:03 · CLE 23-11 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q4 9:30 · CLE 108-87 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q3 5:24 · CLE 74-69 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 3:58 · CLE 26-21 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 2:56 · CLE 113-96 TOR
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
