⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 29-18 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 10:07 · CLE 15-5 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 9:37 · CLE 46-28 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 10:55 · CLE 62-44 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Tristan Thompson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:11 · CLE 90-66 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q1 3:59 · CLE 29-26 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
