⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 42
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 22-14 off them
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:32 · CHI 10-2 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 7:52 · CHI 71-80 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Vucevic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:19 · CHI 71-82 CLE
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:30 · CHI 92-113 CLE
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:30 · CHI 92-114 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 10:15 · CHI 30-49 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 6:10 · CHI 90-113 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q4 2:38 · CHI 96-128 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses technical free throw
Q4 4:30 · CHI 92-114 CLE
📊The numbers
| CHI | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 16 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 32 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
