⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 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, 10 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, 37 free throws to their eighteen- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 28
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 3:43 · CLE 61-48 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kyrie Irving and Bismack Biyombo
Q1 6:26 · CLE 18-12 TOR
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses technical free throw
Q3 10:49 · CLE 62-48 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q1 4:54 · CLE 24-25 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 8:27 · CLE 42-43 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwane Casey technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:49 · CLE 62-48 TOR
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
