⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 7:37 · CHI 51-36 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Fizer Technical Foul
Q2 5:31 · CHI 51-36 CLE
- Technical
Corie Blount Technical Foul
Q4 8:51 · CHI 91-82 CLE
- Turnover
Corie Blount Bad Pass. Stolen by Ricky Davis.
Q4 5:00 · CHI 100-93 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 0:43 · CHI 88-78 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
