▁International ▁Center ▁with ▁ 3 , 3 8 3 ▁people ▁in ▁attend ance , ▁less ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ar ena ' s ▁capacity . ▁According ▁to ▁sport sw riter ▁Alexander ▁Wol ff , ▁who ▁viewed ▁foot age ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁Cham ina de ▁did ▁not ▁attempt ▁to ▁hold ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁ball ▁for ▁long ▁periods ▁on ▁off ense , ▁and ▁often ▁sought ▁to ▁advance ▁quickly ▁up ▁the ▁court ▁after ▁Virginia ▁b ask ets . ▁Michael ▁Wil bon , ▁a ▁writer ▁for ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁attend ance , ▁reported ▁that ▁Cham ina de ' s ▁off ense ▁mostly ▁consisted ▁of ▁jump ▁sh ots ▁away ▁from ▁Virginia ' s ▁basket . ▁Def ens ively , ▁the ▁Sil vers words ▁focused ▁on ▁guard ing ▁their ▁own ▁basket , ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁stop ▁Sam pson . ▁They ▁attempted ▁to ▁surr ound ▁Sam pson ▁with ▁def enders ▁when ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁basketball . ▁Cham ina de ▁center ▁Tony ▁Rand olph ▁opened ▁the ▁scoring ▁with ▁a ▁sl am ▁d unk ▁after ▁a ▁short - distance ▁miss ▁by ▁guard ▁Mark ▁Well s . ▁The ▁Sil vers words ▁scored ▁six ▁of ▁the ▁game ' s ▁first ▁eight ▁points , ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁hold ▁the ▁advantage ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁progress ed . ▁At ▁one ▁point ▁they ▁led ▁ 1 9 – 1 2 , ▁before ▁a ▁Cav ali ers ▁scoring ▁run ▁that ▁gave ▁Virginia ▁a ▁ 2 2 – 2 1 ▁lead . ▁Despite ▁the ▁run , ▁the ▁Cav ali ers ▁had ▁difficulty ▁shooting ▁field