⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, seventeen of 52 from three- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 42
- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul
Q4 5:32 · POR 104-109 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 5:33 · POR 44-55 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 6:09 · POR 104-114 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
