⏱️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 first 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 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 four- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 25-6 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 6:15 · CLE 48-28 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 11:00 · CLE 70-44 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 9:49 · CLE 38-28 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 16 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
