⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 5:47 · NY 20-17 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 7:41 · NY 71-76 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Hardaway Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:00 · NY 49-61 CLE
- Turnover
Trey Burke out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:50 · NY 100-108 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 10:12 · NY 27-39 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 4:41 · NY 72-90 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:09 · NY 97-105 CLE
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 7 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 20 | Blocks | 15 |
