⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 9:48 · CLE 39-36 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 7:14 · CLE 49-45 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 4:21 · CLE 60-47 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Love out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:24 · CLE 109-106 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 9:19 · CLE 11-20 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 6:17 · CLE 82-72 MEM
- Ties it
Dillon Brooks hit a 26-foot three jumper, Tyreke Evans with the assist
Q4 2:10 · CLE 109-109 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 7 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 14 | Blocks | 19 |
