⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 29-13 off them
- Burned in transition, 7 fast break points to 20
A 13-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 13 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 13
Q3 1:12 · NY 71-84 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 10:41 · NY 81-92 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 5
Q4 4:39 · NY 101-106 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Jeff Hornacek technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 9:15 · NY 81-94 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 1:49 · NY 25-34 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 11:22 · NY 73-92 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James lost ball turnover
Q4 1:01 · NY 99-106 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:14 · NY 104-111 CLE
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 16 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
