⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 24-14 off them
- A 19-0 run took them from 7 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q2 9:17 · CLE 26-34 IND
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 7 down to 12 up
Q4 11:42 · CLE 80-68 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q1 5:59 · CLE 5-23 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
