⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 33-21 off them- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 50
- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 8:09 · POR 6-16 CLE
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q3 8:01 · POR 59-81 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Nae'Qwan Tomlin and Jerami Grant
Q1 2:46 · POR 17-27 CLE
📊The numbers
| POR | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 14 | Threes made | 16 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 41 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 15 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
