⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 31- Made seven threes to their fifteen
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 8:56 · CLE 44-37 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 6:03 · CLE 85-71 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
James Posey technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:52 · CLE 106-99 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q3 2:24 · CLE 93-85 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
