⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:33 · LAL 31-31 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 9:29 · LAL 42-41 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 11:15 · LAL 33-41 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 4:56 · LAL 76-90 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 16 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
