⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 34-13 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 34 in the third quarter
- 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 1:01 · CLE 41-34 TOR
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 34
Q3 10:21 · CLE 92-58 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 37-point lead to 46
Q4 10:36 · CLE 127-81 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 22 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 39 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
