⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 35
- A 12-0 run stretched a 30-point lead to 42 in the fourth quarter
- Burned in transition, 11 fast break points to 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:46 · ORL 0-8 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 6:38 · ORL 9-19 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 30-point lead to 42
Q4 5:47 · ORL 78-120 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 5 | Threes made | 19 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
