⏱️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
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q1 1:06 · CLE 30-24 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 0:58 · CLE 97-79 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 4:01 · CLE 119-99 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 5:37 · CLE 77-76 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
