⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 10:44 · CHI 33-29 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 10:33 · CHI 58-64 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 8:44 · CHI 80-91 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
