⏱️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 and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 44- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 32-15 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 8:25 · WSH 13-10 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Keefe technical foul
Q3 0:59 · WSH 82-108 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:24 · WSH 13-19 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 3:24 · WSH 22-34 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q4 1:42 · WSH 111-148 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 20 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 25 |
| 32 | Assists | 34 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 15 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
