⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 16 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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 42- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 34
- A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22 in the third 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q3 2:10 · CLE 80-102 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q4 10:36 · CLE 85-113 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
