⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 26
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:35 · CLE 13-8 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 5:11 · CLE 22-10 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James double technical foul
Q2 7:58 · CLE 40-26 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q3 8:19 · CLE 68-58 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 12 | Blocks | 4 |
