⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 33 from three
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 45
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 58
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:19 · CLE 13-4 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 6:52 · CLE 22-6 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 30
Q2 7:01 · CLE 52-22 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 40-point deficit to 30
Q3 4:14 · CLE 84-54 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21
Q4 10:46 · CLE 95-74 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 20 | Threes made | 2 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 35 | Assists | 17 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
