⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 44- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q2 5:25 · CLE 58-47 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Donovan Mitchell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:48 · CLE 81-76 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 9:53 · CLE 36-37 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Dillon Brooks flagrant foul type 2
Q3 5:48 · CLE 81-76 MEM
- Technical
Desmond Bane technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:45 · CLE 97-87 MEM
📊The numbers
| CLE | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 14 | Threes made | 10 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 22 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
