⏱️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
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first 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
Made twenty threes 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.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Wendell Carter Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:51 · ORL 5-14 CLE
- Technical
Double technical foul - Goga Bitadze and Georges Niang
Q4 3:16 · ORL 92-126 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q3 3:56 · ORL 70-101 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 11 | Threes made | 20 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 29 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
