⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second 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 Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 11:13 · CLE 33-34 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 9:05 · CLE 114-107 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ty Jerome bad pass
Q4 3:47 · CLE 121-116 OKC
- Missed FT
Evan Mobley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:18 · CLE 124-120 OKC
- Missed FT
Jarrett Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:37 · CLE 125-122 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 36 | Assists | 35 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
