⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Gave up second chances, seventeen 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.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 5:05 · CHI 14-19 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 0:01 · CHI 52-69 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 6:05 · CHI 88-115 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q2 4:52 · CHI 43-40 CLE
- Technical
Anderson Varejao technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:22 · CHI 75-96 CLE
📊The numbers
| CHI | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
