⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
+4Q127-21
+1Q228-24
+1Q322-21
0Q425-25
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their ten
Key battles
22Free throws made7
21Points off turnovers8
9Blocks3
22Fast break points14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 2:19 · CLE 80-66 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Ira Newble double technical foul
Q4 5:47 · CLE 92-81 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
