⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 37
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 27 turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 26-13 off them
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 26
A 13-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 9 in the fourth quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q2 0:30 · CLE 71-57 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 0:05 · CLE 97-75 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Collin Sexton and
Q2 0:00 · CLE 59-57 TOR
- Turnover
Collin Sexton turnover
Q4 2:18 · CLE 107-100 TOR
- Turnover
Collin Sexton offensive foul
Q4 2:18 · CLE 107-100 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:22 · CLE 2-8 TOR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 9
Q4 10:02 · CLE 97-88 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 17 | Threes made | 15 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 27 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
