⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their ten
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 11:40 · CLE 103-81 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q4 5:01 · CLE 121-93 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyrie Irving technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 7:05 · CLE 7-14 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 1:44 · CLE 63-60 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 37 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
