⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 14 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 44
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 1:29 · WSH 63-51 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Bradley Beal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:35 · WSH 69-55 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
