⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
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 seventeen threes to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:01 · TOR 32-25 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 5:50 · TOR 47-35 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Fred VanVleet technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:13 · TOR 101-85 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
