⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 32 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 6:35 · IND 37-46 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 10:41 · IND 86-106 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 33 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
