⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 33
- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 34-18 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 33 fast break points to 9
- A 20-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 24 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 6:00 · CLE 17-23 NY
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 24
Q1 1:59 · CLE 26-50 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 41
Q4 8:52 · CLE 76-117 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 21 | Assists | 33 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 33 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 15 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
