⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 9:32 · POR 73-62 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 5:34 · POR 81-66 CLE
- Steal
Damian Lillard stole it from LeBron James
Q4 2:20 · POR 108-102 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 4:25 · POR 105-102 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 2:20 · POR 108-102 CLE
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 3 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 15 | Blocks | 21 |
