⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 33- A 19-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 29 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 21
Q3 0:39 · WSH 78-99 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · WSH 46-65 CLE
- Technical
Aaron Holiday technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:02 · WSH 67-95 CLE
- Technical
Montrezl Harrell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:02 · WSH 67-96 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 2:58 · WSH 24-28 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 11:24 · WSH 31-42 CLE
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 29
Q2 3:14 · WSH 46-75 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Stevens technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:55 · WSH 67-98 CLE
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 13 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
