⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 in the second quarter- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 23
Q4 3:47 · ORL 91-114 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q2 11:10 · ORL 44-45 CLE
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q2 0:51 · ORL 57-77 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 33
Q4 7:01 · ORL 81-114 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 13 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 31 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
