⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 23-8 off them
- A 18-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 32 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 35
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 54
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q3 6:37 · CLE 65-76 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:05 · CLE 6-13 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 3:56 · CLE 45-60 OKC
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 32
Q4 3:33 · CLE 99-131 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Luguentz Dort and Donovan Mitchell
Q3 0:30 · CLE 77-88 OKC
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 23 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 32 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
