⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 36
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 21-13 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 6:54 · CLE 15-12 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 7:34 · CLE 82-65 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q4 10:34 · CLE 111-80 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q1 9:23 · CLE 7-12 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:48 · CLE 24-32 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 32 | Assists | 21 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
