⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 36- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 39
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 5:52 · CLE 26-20 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 2:13 · CLE 94-110 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:28 · CLE 62-80 LAC
- Flagrant
Kyrie Irving flagrant foul type 1 (Paul Pierce draws the foul)
Q4 8:48 · CLE 70-92 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 4:46 · CLE 43-47 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 0:02 · CLE 50-66 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q4 8:12 · CLE 78-104 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 12 | Assists | 33 |
| 18 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
