⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 23
- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36
- A 18-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 19 in the first 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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 19
Q1 1:07 · CLE 49-30 TOR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 35
Q4 7:41 · CLE 113-78 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kevin Love flagrant foul type 1 (Patrick Patterson draws the foul)
Q3 10:33 · CLE 66-50 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
