⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 24 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their thirteen- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 42 from three
- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fourteen
- A 18-0 run took them from 1 down to 17 up in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 60
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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 1 down to 17 up
Q1 11:09 · CLE 19-2 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q2 10:05 · CLE 52-24 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 4:16 · CLE 131-103 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 26
Q3 0:40 · CLE 112-86 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 32 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 14 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
