⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three- They went cold, three of fifteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 2:53 · WSH 31-22 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:07 · WSH 87-92 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
J.R. Smith flagrant foul type 1 (Marcus Thornton draws the foul)
Q3 8:10 · WSH 62-67 CLE
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 14 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
