⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 25 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty- A 17-0 run took them from 13 down to 4 up in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:41 · CLE 10-0 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 6:30 · CLE 22-9 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Love bad pass
Q4 4:56 · CLE 86-90 GS
- Turnover
Darius Garland bad pass
Q4 3:01 · CLE 88-94 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:30 · CLE 24-24 GS
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 13 down to 4 up
Q4 11:27 · CLE 81-85 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 3:17 · CLE 88-101 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 15 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 36 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
