⏱️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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 21-8 off them- Owned the paint, 78 points inside to 48
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 stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 5:23 · CLE 110-87 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 10:33 · CLE 64-55 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:57 · CLE 53-37 WSH
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 78 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
