⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 21- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 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.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 0:34 · WSH 35-33 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 1:42 · WSH 95-76 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 5:08 · WSH 47-53 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:37 · WSH 111-96 CLE
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
