⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The 76ers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the 76ers won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33
- A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 23-12 off them
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 0:00 · CLE 68-55 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Caris LeVert misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 0:00 · CLE 59-55 PHI
- Turnover
Caris LeVert lost ball turnover
Q4 0:53 · CLE 107-113 PHI
- Turnover
Donovan Mitchell lost ball turnover
Q4 0:36 · CLE 109-117 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 6:25 · CLE 12-22 PHI
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up
Q3 9:09 · CLE 70-71 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 0:30 · CLE 83-87 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses technical free throw
Q2 2:49 · CLE 50-45 PHI
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 3:19 · CLE 103-110 PHI
- Missed FT
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:35 · CLE 109-117 PHI
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
