⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-8 off them
- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 7:31 · OKC 51-56 CLE
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q2 0:51 · OKC 61-76 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q4 3:38 · OKC 98-127 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 35 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
