⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 6
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 10:06 · CLE 12-7 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 8:17 · CLE 76-64 TOR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q4 10:44 · CLE 105-78 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Donovan Mitchell flagrant foul type 1
Q3 6:50 · CLE 76-64 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:48 · CLE 15-10 TOR
- Technical
Scottie Barnes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:08 · CLE 22-16 TOR
📊The numbers
| CLE | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
