⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39
- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 23
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 16-5 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:40 · CLE 95-109 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 1:35 · CLE 59-67 SAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q3 8:57 · CLE 68-86 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
De'Aaron Fox technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:49 · CLE 61-69 SAC
- Missed FT
Buddy Hield misses technical free throw
Q4 3:40 · CLE 95-109 SAC
📊The numbers
| CLE | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
