⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL 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 Magic did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
Q2 1:48 · CLE 54-50 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:48 · CLE 88-80 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:45 · CLE 34-33 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 4:32 · CLE 46-50 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Franz Wagner misses technical free throw
Q3 11:33 · CLE 54-50 ORL
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
