⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
-6Q124-26
+3Q239-34
+5Q331-26
-2Q427-26
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- They went cold, nine of 31 from three
- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
20Free throws made9
4Turnovers1
8Offensive rebounds16
15Threes made9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 4:58 · CLE 48-45 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 3:29 · CLE 113-108 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:06 · CLE 9-16 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 5 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Steals | 18 |
| 16 | Blocks | 20 |
