⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 25-12 off them- A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 9:44 · GS 43-29 CLE
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 1 down to 14 up
Q3 1:27 · GS 82-68 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 5:28 · GS 96-85 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Assists | 17 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
