⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 23-15 off them- A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q1 6:36 · CLE 30-10 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 0:28 · CLE 64-44 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Vucevic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:39 · CLE 17-10 CHI
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
