⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six- They went cold, six of 27 from three
- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38
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 stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 11:48 · CLE 67-84 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Bobby Portis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:36 · CLE 18-34 CHI
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 15 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
