⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 38- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 28
- A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24 in the second 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 7 down to 1 up
Q1 7:50 · CLE 16-15 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 1:57 · CLE 26-38 CHI
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24
Q2 2:47 · CLE 44-68 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 37
Q4 7:05 · CLE 65-102 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 13 | Assists | 27 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 16 |
