⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 31
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:28 · CLE 108-100 MIL
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:28 · CLE 108-100 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:54 · CLE 50-49 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Giannis Antetokounmpo traveling
Q4 0:44 · CLE 108-102 MIL
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
