⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 39
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q3 3:01 · TOR 70-98 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 20
Q3 0:53 · TOR 80-100 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Scottie Barnes technical foul
Q1 11:43 · TOR 0-0 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q1 7:30 · TOR 9-27 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q1 3:42 · TOR 13-38 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 38
Q3 8:18 · TOR 54-92 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 34 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
