⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Ran them off the floor, 31 fast break points to 17
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 5:34 · GS 90-72 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 5:32 · GS 19-22 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 1:35 · GS 99-84 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 34 | Assists | 19 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
