⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
-8Q116-20
0Q224-23
+5Q322-16
-11Q412-24
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
12Free throws made21
9Offensive rebounds16
39Rebounds62
11Turnovers17
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 14 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
