⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 18
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 7:25 · LAC 52-35 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 0:20 · LAC 92-79 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Boban Marjanovic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:33 · LAC 100-88 CLE
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:00 · LAC 110-102 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 3:42 · LAC 58-46 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q3 3:52 · LAC 81-77 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 3 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 13 | Steals | 12 |
| 16 | Blocks | 28 |
