⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 19-11 off them
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the first 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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:29 · CLE 8-2 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 7:43 · CLE 34-35 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 2:27 · CLE 52-53 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cedi Osman offensive foul
Q4 1:19 · CLE 108-106 CHI
- Turnover
Cedi Osman turnover
Q4 1:19 · CLE 108-106 CHI
- Missed FT
Jordan Clarkson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:01 · CLE 116-111 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q1 8:30 · CLE 11-21 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 11:15 · CLE 25-35 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 5:55 · CLE 35-44 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
