⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 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
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first 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 Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 32- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q1 3:23 · CLE 32-19 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q2 8:30 · CLE 52-27 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyrone Hill Double Technical Foul. Eddy Curry gains possession.
Q2 3:27 · CLE 59-33 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 34 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
