⏱️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
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Thunder 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 4:47 · CLE 104-93 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:02 · CLE 89-86 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:02 · CLE 98-93 OKC
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
