⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 16 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, 16 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to six
- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up in the third 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q1 3:40 · CLE 38-18 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 8:44 · CLE 74-53 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 9:26 · CLE 90-81 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 11
Q3 6:00 · CLE 77-66 CHI
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up
Q3 1:43 · CLE 80-81 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Coby White flopping technical foul
Q2 7:53 · CLE 47-31 CHI
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 20 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
