⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their two- They went cold, two of 23 from three
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 37
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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 5-point lead to 13
Q1 5:16 · CLE 26-13 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 2:54 · CLE 94-78 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Max Strus technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:02 · CLE 73-64 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 8:53 · CLE 106-98 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 2 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
