⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 28
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 cut a 25-point deficit to 14
Q3 10:32 · CLE 44-58 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 3:36 · CLE 34-55 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 5:45 · CLE 74-93 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
