⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 19 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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 35 from three
- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 2:21 · NY 28-21 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Julius Randle misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:15 · NY 104-111 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:17 · NY 7-15 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 9:49 · NY 59-67 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 3:32 · NY 106-122 CLE
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Evan Mobley defensive goaltending violation
Q4 4:33 · NY 103-111 CLE
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 19 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 31 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
