⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eight
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 9:10 · CLE 4-15 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 10:16 · CLE 22-43 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 35
Q3 9:19 · CLE 50-85 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 19 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 3 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 16 | Blocks | 19 |
