⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 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 ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of twenty from three
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 56
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
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 4 down to 4 up
Q1 7:52 · CLE 14-10 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 2:12 · CLE 28-18 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 1:47 · CLE 82-77 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 8:48 · CLE 36-34 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
