⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 27
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q3 5:36 · CLE 71-75 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 9:01 · CLE 36-47 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 3:28 · CLE 94-112 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 33 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
