⏱️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
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:49 · CLE 16-12 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 6:02 · CLE 78-75 LAC
- Lead
Darius Garland hit a 29-foot step back jumper
Q4 1:20 · CLE 106-103 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Evan Mobley lost ball turnover
Q4 0:48 · CLE 106-105 LAC
- Turnover
Darius Garland bad pass
OT 3:52 · CLE 108-106 LAC
- Turnover
Darius Garland bad pass
OT 3:27 · CLE 108-106 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 5:50 · CLE 100-100 LAC
- Ties it
Terance Mann hit a 28-foot three jumper, Nicolas Batum with the assist
Q4 1:42 · CLE 103-103 LAC
- Ties it
Amir Coffey hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · CLE 106-106 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nicolas Batum steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 3:55 · CLE 100-97 LAC
- Missed FT
Amir Coffey misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · CLE 106-106 LAC
- Turnover
Nicolas Batum bad pass
OT 3:55 · CLE 108-106 LAC
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
