⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 40 from three- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 52
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 1:39 · CLE 60-47 ORL
- Go-ahead
Max Strus hit a 26-foot threeer, Jarrett Allen with the assist
Q4 1:02 · CLE 103-102 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Donovan Mitchell lost ball turnover
Q4 1:22 · CLE 100-100 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 2:01 · CLE 78-80 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 8:43 · CLE 91-92 ORL
- Winner
Paolo Banchero hit a 16-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 0:45 · CLE 103-104 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Paolo Banchero and Ty Jerome
Q2 9:13 · CLE 40-30 ORL
- Turnover
Franz Wagner lost ball turnover
Q4 3:58 · CLE 98-97 ORL
📊The numbers
| CLE | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 13 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
