⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 24-14 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Victor Oladipo misses technical free throw
Q4 3:33 · HOU 85-95 CLE
- Turnover
P.J. Tucker bad pass
Q4 2:14 · HOU 89-97 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 0:02 · HOU 29-39 CLE
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q4 9:47 · HOU 78-90 CLE
- Steal
Darius Garland stole it from P.J. Tucker
Q4 2:14 · HOU 89-97 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Jarrett Allen technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:33 · HOU 85-95 CLE
📊The numbers
| HOU | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 13 | Assists | 23 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
