⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 11:47 · CHI 36-21 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 1:08 · CHI 87-62 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ira Newble Technical Foul. Newble's 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 6:22 · CHI 16-9 CLE
- Technical
Lucious Harris Technical Foul. Harris's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 9:27 · CHI 86-62 CLE
📊The numbers
| CHI | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
