⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 4
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q1 4:54 · TOR 35-17 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kyle Lowry and Kevin Porter Jr.
Q2 8:54 · TOR 45-34 CLE
- Missed FT
Kyle Lowry misses technical free throw
Q2 1:56 · TOR 64-48 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q1 1:43 · TOR 37-29 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Collin Sexton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:56 · TOR 64-48 CLE
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 30 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
