⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls 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, 6 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 30
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:59 · CLE 6-12 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 5:05 · CLE 14-24 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 6:41 · CLE 57-70 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 14 | Assists | 30 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
