⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 33
- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 2
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 18-9 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 3:23 · CLE 79-71 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 7:54 · CLE 98-83 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 8 |
