⏱️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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 18-4 off them- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 52
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 8:06 · CLE 101-92 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q4 4:34 · CLE 113-98 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:33 · CLE 19-17 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 2:33 · CLE 81-83 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dennis Schroder bad pass
Q4 4:18 · CLE 106-98 LAL
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
