⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 38 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 5:23 · TOR 21-14 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 9:32 · TOR 65-49 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 3:17 · TOR 80-62 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
