⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 36
- Made three threes to their nine
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 10:47 · LAC 68-82 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
