⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34
- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 20
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:34 · LAC 19-24 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 1:50 · LAC 41-60 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 8:48 · LAC 77-103 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
