⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 16-8 off them
- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 40
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 39
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 9:10 · TOR 11-7 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 1:37 · TOR 31-26 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 7:32 · TOR 42-36 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kyle Lowry misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:54 · TOR 109-101 CLE
- Missed FT
Kawhi Leonard misses free throw clear path 1 of 2
Q4 2:37 · TOR 109-101 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Love technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:07 · TOR 106-97 CLE
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
