⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third 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 Bucks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their ten- A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31 in the third quarter
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 18-point lead to 27
Q3 11:12 · CLE 78-51 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31
Q3 0:55 · CLE 107-76 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 20 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 14 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
