⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 42 from three
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 31-12 off them
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 cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 11:17 · CLE 34-37 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 7:14 · CLE 48-45 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 11:15 · CLE 76-59 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bobby Portis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:32 · CLE 62-55 MIL
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 19 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
