⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds 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.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q3 11:08 · WSH 55-71 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 1:51 · WSH 75-95 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q4 10:06 · WSH 87-114 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 15 | Threes made | 18 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 9 | Blocks | 10 |
