⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 21
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 66
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 8:11 · MEM 71-87 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 15
Q3 0:35 · MEM 97-112 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q4 3:49 · MEM 122-130 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Desmond Bane misses technical free throw
Q1 6:58 · MEM 14-16 CLE
- Flagrant
Jaren Jackson Jr. flagrant foul type 1
Q2 7:17 · MEM 38-54 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 0:03 · MEM 29-42 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenny Atkinson technical foul
Q1 6:58 · MEM 14-16 CLE
📊The numbers
| MEM | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 32 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
