⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 32 from three
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 23
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 7:28 · CLE 91-75 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darius Garland misses technical free throw
Q4 2:09 · CLE 95-81 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Wendell Carter Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:09 · CLE 95-81 ORL
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
