⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse 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, 28 free throws to their eighteen- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 26-7 off them
- Burned in transition, 7 fast break points to 25
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 5:58 · CLE 19-17 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 1:57 · CLE 65-59 TOR
- Winner
Channing Frye hit a three jumper, LeBron James with the assist
Q4 0:59 · CLE 117-115 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kyrie Irving misses technical free throw
Q4 1:39 · CLE 113-114 TOR
- Turnover
LeBron James offensive foul (Patrick Patterson draws the foul)
Q4 0:24 · CLE 119-115 TOR
- Turnover
LeBron James turnover
Q4 0:24 · CLE 119-115 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 5:13 · CLE 49-49 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 0:28 · CLE 91-88 TOR
- Go-ahead
DeMar DeRozan hit a 15-foot jumper
Q4 1:47 · CLE 113-114 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:17 · CLE 114-114 TOR
- Turnover
Jonas Valanciunas offensive foul (Kyrie Irving draws the foul)
Q4 0:20 · CLE 119-115 TOR
- Turnover
Jonas Valanciunas turnover
Q4 0:20 · CLE 119-115 TOR
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
