⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 34- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kevin Love flagrant foul type 1
Q3 7:30 · CLE 54-65 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q3 10:19 · CLE 54-66 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 17 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
