⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 31-12 off them- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 50
- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q3 7:38 · LAL 68-56 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q4 2:06 · LAL 128-96 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:25 · LAL 106-83 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Assists | 21 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
