⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 26-13 off them
A 16-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 5 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q1 4:07 · CLE 36-16 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 5:50 · CLE 124-111 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Olivier Sarr misses technical free throw
Q4 1:43 · CLE 126-115 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 5
Q2 1:37 · CLE 65-60 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Justin Champagnie technical foul
Q4 1:43 · CLE 126-115 WSH
📊The numbers
| CLE | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 18 | Threes made | 18 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
