⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 21-13 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 5:32 · CLE 54-39 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 9:20 · CLE 95-82 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 8:34 · CLE 10-12 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q3 4:26 · CLE 81-75 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
