⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 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 seventeen threes to their eleven- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the fourth quarter
- Beaten inside, 52 points in the paint to 68
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:43 · CHI 16-10 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 11:43 · CHI 39-24 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 6:37 · CHI 46-39 CLE
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q4 6:46 · CHI 107-121 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 27 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
