⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:59 · WSH 11-22 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 3:43 · WSH 17-32 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 9:27 · WSH 31-50 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
