⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers 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
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eleven- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 18-10 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 9:44 · CLE 13-6 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 8:17 · CLE 85-78 MIN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:15 · CLE 95-88 MIN
- Missed FT
Taurean Prince misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:19 · CLE 97-91 MIN
- Turnover
Darius Garland steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:12 · CLE 98-94 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q4 10:49 · CLE 77-78 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 12 | Blocks | 1 |
