⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 30
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:48 · CLE 10-2 PHI
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q3 9:48 · CLE 85-72 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 2:47 · CLE 128-119 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 18 | Threes made | 12 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 33 | Assists | 26 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
