⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 36
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 3:18 · SA 21-22 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 4:16 · SA 53-42 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:30 · SA 8-14 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 10:43 · SA 82-87 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
