⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:36 · CLE 15-11 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 8:26 · CLE 56-59 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q4 9:45 · CLE 104-119 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 17 | Threes made | 17 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
