⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 7:03 · CLE 19-8 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 6:58 · CLE 68-45 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 11:23 · CLE 21-18 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 1:05 · CLE 21-18 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
