⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second 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 25 threes to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty
A 16-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 11 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 4:54 · CLE 23-13 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 9:18 · CLE 44-31 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 5:50 · CLE 122-99 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 11
Q3 5:25 · CLE 85-74 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 25 | Threes made | 15 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 35 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
