⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 37 from three
- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35
- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 12
- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 in the second quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 13
Q3 5:43 · CLE 75-88 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 0:24 · CLE 85-98 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q2 1:34 · CLE 53-75 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
