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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 33 | 40 | 29 | 14 | 116 |
 Bulls | 31 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 118 |
CLETeam statsCHI| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 40-7354.8% | 15-2951.7% | 21-2391.3% | 36 | 27 | 27 |
| CHI | 48-8755.2% | 9-2536.0% | 13-1776.5% | 26 | 25 | 12 |
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Chicago Bulls118| 39 | 42 | 19-31 | 2-6 | 2-4 | −1 | +15.2 | ||||||||
| 33 | 17 | 7-14 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 0 | +6 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 10 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1.7 | |||||||
| 29 | 6 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −5.2 | |||||
| 22 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | +1.9 | |||||||
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| 22 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +1.7 | |||||
| 20 | 11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.7 | ||||||
| 15 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.0 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.5 | |||||
| 8 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.5 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.3 | |||
| Team | 118 | 48-8755.2% | 9-2536.0% | 26 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 13-1776.5% | 4 | 18 | 4 | |||
Bench 32 points on 11 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Denzel Valentine (coach’s decision).
Cleveland Cavaliers116| 38 | 16 | 6-14 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −9.7 | ||||||
| 37 | 14 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | −8 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 34 | 29 | 10-20 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 0 | +11 | +6.3 | |||||||
| 34 | 26 | 10-17 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +1.7 | ||||||
| 28 | 16 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +6.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 20 | 9 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.1 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −5.2 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.6 | |||
| Team | 116 | 40-7354.8% | 15-2951.7% | 36 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 21-2391.3% | 7 | 5 | 5 | |||
Bench 15 points on 5 for 11 shooting
Did not play: Dean Wade and Tyler Cook (coach’s decision).
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PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Zach LaVine had 42 points (11 during a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter) and a season-high 5 steals, and the Chicago Bulls rallied from 19 points down in the third quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-116.
The Bulls trailed 73-56 at halftime and 100-81 with 1:14 left in the third quarter. They were still down 102-83 with 34 seconds left in the third quarter, with a 4.9% chance to win, and outscored the Cavaliers 35-14 the rest of the way.
The Cavaliers had the ball down 2 with 2.7 seconds left, but Chandler Hutchison stole the ball from Larry Nance Jr., lifting the Bulls’ chance to win from 95% to 98%. A basket would have tied the game. They had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Kevin Love missed a jumper with 2.7 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Cavaliers 12-9. LaVine (No. 8 in clutch points, 2019-20) scored 7 of the Bulls’ 12 on 3 for 5 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Hutchison had 3 of his 4 steals, 2 of them during a 13-0 Bulls run, and the Bulls scored 4 points off them. With 3:43 left, Kris Dunn stole the ball from Cedi Osman, and LaVine’s dunk off it put the Bulls ahead 110-109.
LaVine scored 21 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Cavaliers, Love had 29 points (13 in the first quarter) and 6 assists, and Collin Sexton added 26 points. Osman scored 16 points.
The Cavaliers turned it over 27 times, about 11 more than usual for this many possessions. The Bulls outscored the Cavaliers 68-40 in the paint. The Bulls outscored the Cavaliers 28-14 in 12 minutes with Satoransky, LaVine, Dunn, Markkanen and Hutchison on the floor together.
Chicago BullsCleveland CavaliersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Bulls’ chance bottomed out at 4.9% (3rd quarter, 34s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
105 points from the field on 87 shots: 9.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 28-40 | 70.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 6-9 | 66.7% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-13 | 38.5% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 0-4 | 0.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-21 | 42.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedi Osman | 40 | 19 | 8-8 | +5 |
| Collin Sexton | 12 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Alfonzo McKinnie | 9 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Kevin Love | 6 | 10 | 5-10 | +8 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 12 | 6-8 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 48 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Thompson | 40 | 8 | 3-6 | −2 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Kevin Love | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Darius Garland | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 5 | 2-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Love | 28 | 6 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Tristan Thompson | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Cedi Osman | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Collin Sexton | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 49 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
CHI win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Osman 24' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Nance Jr. 5 AST)
Q4 0:12
19.2%
98→79
LaVine 1' Driving Layup (41 PTS) (Kornet 4 AST)
Q4 0:17
16.3%
79→95
Satoransky 11' Hook Shot (6 PTS) (Dunn 4 AST)
Q4 2:08
14.9%
62→77
LaVine 13' Pullup Jump Shot (37 PTS)
Q4 4:38
14.7%
43→58
Love 1' Driving Dunk (29 PTS) (Osman 2 AST)
Q4 0:20
12.9%
92→79
