⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 3:19 · CLE 29-19 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 2:15 · CLE 63-47 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 35
Q4 2:20 · CLE 128-93 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 1:47 · CLE 30-28 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 9:16 · CLE 36-38 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeMar DeRozan flagrant foul type 2
Q3 0:23 · CLE 99-72 TOR
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 21 | Blocks | 24 |
