⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
A 18-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 20 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.
Timberwolves
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 took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 10:39 · MIN 36-41 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 4:23 · MIN 74-81 CLE
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 20
Q3 1:40 · MIN 79-99 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · MIN 114-121 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 17 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
