⏱️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
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 26-12 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the second quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 5:57 · CLE 72-61 NY
- Winner
Darius Garland hit a 24-foot three jumper, Evan Mobley with the assist
Q4 1:23 · CLE 94-91 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Evan Mobley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:50 · CLE 90-89 NY
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:02 · CLE 91-91 NY
- Missed FT
Evan Mobley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:02 · CLE 95-93 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q2 11:25 · CLE 30-36 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q4 9:25 · CLE 86-82 NY
- Ties it
Julius Randle hit a driving layup
Q4 2:28 · CLE 91-91 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
