⏱️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
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to six
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 22
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the third quarter
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
- Steal
LeBron James stole it from Ben Gordon
Q4 2:19 · CLE 87-83 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 3:10 · CLE 92-83 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Anderson Varejao technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:43 · CLE 59-53 CHI
- Missed FT
Delonte West misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · CLE 94-86 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q3 3:05 · CLE 65-70 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ben Gordon lost ball
Q4 2:19 · CLE 87-83 CHI
- Turnover
Drew Gooden offensive foul (Joe Smith draws the foul)
Q4 1:40 · CLE 89-83 CHI
- Turnover
Drew Gooden turnover
Q4 1:40 · CLE 89-83 CHI
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
