⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 8 in the third quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 8
Q3 2:18 · CLE 69-77 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 4:38 · CLE 14-19 TOR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 6:15 · CLE 53-72 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Jonas Valanciunas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:06 · CLE 64-77 TOR
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Assists | 15 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
