⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of twenty from three- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 23
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich Bad Pass
Q4 3:33 · CHI 78-85 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 10:21 · CHI 27-36 CLE
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 0:00 · CHI 73-78 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 10% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
