⏱️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
▲ IND 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 Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Garrison Mathews misses free throw flagrant 2 of 3
Q2 6:58 · IND 33-53 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 8:25 · IND 8-20 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 4:40 · IND 17-32 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 11:28 · IND 27-47 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Luke Travers flagrant foul type 1
Q2 6:58 · IND 32-53 CLE
📊The numbers
| IND | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 19 | Assists | 27 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
