⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 2:27 · CLE 58-49 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 3:35 · CLE 84-65 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses technical free throw
Q3 3:02 · CLE 79-65 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
