⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
-1Q124-28
+6Q228-21
-4Q325-30
-23Q417-36
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 23 from three
- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 11-3 off them
Key battles
11%Three-point accuracy57%
2Threes made13
1Offensive rebounds8
9Steals2
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 4:35 · TOR 18-18 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 10:41 · TOR 80-99 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 13 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 15 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
