⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 35 from three- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- Missed FT
Collin Sexton misses technical free throw
Q2 2:26 · CLE 47-57 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 2:26 · CLE 24-28 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 5:11 · CLE 42-54 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
