Cavaliers 115-112 Bulls (22 Dec, 2017) Play-by-Play

Chicago Bulls

10-21, 3-13 away

112

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	27	29	23	33	112
CLE	29	29	24	33	115

Cleveland Cavaliers

24-9, 14-4 home

115

Kevin Love misses layup
Kevin Love makes two point shot
LeBron James misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
LeBron James makes alley oop dunk shot (Jose Calderon assists)
Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Channing Frye assists)
Kevin Love misses 22-foot jumper
Jose Calderon makes 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jose Calderon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Channing Frye misses 27-foot three point jumper
Channing Frye makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Denzel Valentine blocks LeBron James 's 3-foot driving layup
Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes layup (Jae Crowder assists)
Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jae Crowder misses 14-foot jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
Jae Crowder misses layup
Dwyane Wade misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyle Korver misses 31-foot three point jumper
Dwyane Wade makes 16-foot jump bank shot
Dwyane Wade makes 2-foot two point shot (Kyle Korver assists)
Tristan Thompson makes layup (Dwyane Wade assists)
Dwyane Wade misses 7-foot jump bank shot
Tristan Thompson misses tip shot
Jeff Green misses 5-foot two point shot
Jeff Green misses tip shot
Dwyane Wade misses driving layup
Dwyane Wade makes driving layup
Jeff Green makes driving layup
Kyle Korver makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dwyane Wade assists)
Jeff Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kyle Korver makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
LeBron James makes 2-foot dunk
Jeff Green makes layup (Jose Calderon assists)
Kevin Love makes driving layup (Kyle Korver assists)
LeBron James makes 4-foot layup (Jose Calderon assists)
Jae Crowder makes 7-foot layup (Kevin Love assists)
Jose Calderon makes driving layup
LeBron James makes driving layup
Jose Calderon misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses driving layup
LeBron James misses 19-foot jumper
Jae Crowder misses layup
Jae Crowder makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jose Calderon makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Kevin Love makes 18-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Kevin Love makes driving layup (Jose Calderon assists)
Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
Dwyane Wade misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes 28-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes 1-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 8-foot jumper
Dwyane Wade misses driving layup
Dwyane Wade misses 25-foot three point jumper
Cedi Osman misses 14-foot jumper
Jeff Green makes 21-foot jumper
Dwyane Wade makes jumper
Dwyane Wade makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Cedi Osman assists)
Cedi Osman misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyle Korver makes 26-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson misses 14-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 21-foot jumper
Tristan Thompson makes dunk (Dwyane Wade assists)
LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dwyane Wade assists)
LeBron James misses 20-foot jumper
Dwyane Wade misses two point shot
Kyle Korver misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kyle Korver makes 21-foot jumper (Jose Calderon assists)
Kyle Korver makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Kevin Love makes 27-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Kevin Love makes 9-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes layup
LeBron James makes layup
Jae Crowder misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Robin Lopez misses 6-foot hook shot
Denzel Valentine makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Lauri Markkanen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kris Dunn misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Justin Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Robin Lopez makes 7-foot hook shot
Channing Frye blocks Lauri Markkanen's pullup jump shot
Justin Holiday misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lauri Markkanen makes driving layup (Kris Dunn assists)
Robin Lopez makes 3-foot hook shot
Robin Lopez makes two point shot (Lauri Markkanen assists)
Kris Dunn makes 20-foot jumper (Robin Lopez assists)
Denzel Valentine makes driving layup
Nikola Mirotic makes two point shot (Justin Holiday assists)
Kris Dunn misses driving layup
Robin Lopez misses tip shot
Robin Lopez misses jumper
Kris Dunn makes 17-foot jumper (Justin Holiday assists)
Justin Holiday misses 19-foot jumper
Nikola Mirotic misses 26-foot three point jumper
David Nwaba misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jerian Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bobby Portis assists)
Bobby Portis makes 4-foot jumper (David Nwaba assists)
Nikola Mirotic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Paul Zipser makes three point jumper (David Nwaba assists)
David Nwaba misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jerian Grant makes 20-foot jumper
David Nwaba misses driving floating jump shot
Bobby Portis misses tip shot
Bobby Portis misses tip shot
Bobby Portis makes 11-foot two point shot
Jerian Grant makes 21-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Mirotic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Paul Zipser makes jumper (Jerian Grant assists)
Bobby Portis makes driving layup
Paul Zipser misses 25-foot three point jumper
David Nwaba makes layup (Paul Zipser assists)
Lauri Markkanen makes 15-foot jumper
Bobby Portis misses 12-foot jumper
Lauri Markkanen makes 14-foot jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Lauri Markkanen misses 17-foot jumper
Robin Lopez makes driving layup (Kris Dunn assists)
Nikola Mirotic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Lauri Markkanen makes driving layup (Denzel Valentine assists)
Lauri Markkanen makes 2-foot driving dunk (Nikola Mirotic assists)
Lauri Markkanen makes 17-foot two point shot (Robin Lopez assists)
Denzel Valentine makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Kris Dunn misses two point shot
Denzel Valentine makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Robin Lopez misses 21-foot jumper
Denzel Valentine misses 26-foot three point jumper
Denzel Valentine makes 27-foot three point jumper (Robin Lopez assists)
Robin Lopez makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Kris Dunn assists)
Justin Holiday misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lauri Markkanen makes 14-foot jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Lauri Markkanen makes two point shot
Lauri Markkanen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Lauri Markkanen makes layup (Kris Dunn assists)
Kris Dunn makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Justin Holiday assists)
Lauri Markkanen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kris Dunn misses two point shot
Lauri Markkanen misses driving layup
Nikola Mirotic misses 23-foot jumper
David Nwaba misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jerian Grant misses 21-foot jumper
Paul Zipser misses 28-foot three point jumper
Dwyane Wade blocks Bobby Portis 's 4-foot layup
Robin Lopez makes layup (Justin Holiday assists)
Nikola Mirotic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Nikola Mirotic makes alley oop layup (Denzel Valentine assists)
Robin Lopez makes layup (Justin Holiday assists)
Denzel Valentine makes driving layup
Justin Holiday makes dunk
Justin Holiday misses 23-foot three point jumper
Denzel Valentine misses 23-foot three point jumper
Lauri Markkanen makes dunk (Denzel Valentine assists)
Kris Dunn makes pullup jump shot (Denzel Valentine assists)
Kris Dunn makes layup
Kris Dunn misses 25-foot three point jumper
Justin Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lauri Markkanen assists)
Lauri Markkanen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Nikola Mirotic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)
Denzel Valentine makes driving layup
Dwyane Wade blocks Kris Dunn 's 27-foot three point jumper
Denzel Valentine misses 28-foot three point jumper

BULLS

CAVALIERS

TIME		CHI	CLE
12:00	Robin Lopez vs. Channing Frye (Jose Calderon gains possession)	0	0
11:46	Kevin Love misses layup	0	0
11:39	Kevin Love offensive rebound	0	0
11:39	Kevin Love makes two point shot	0	2
11:26	Robin Lopez misses 6-foot hook shot	0	2
11:23	Channing Frye defensive rebound	0	2
11:20	LeBron James misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	0	2
11:17	Justin Holiday defensive rebound	0	2
11:09	Denzel Valentine bad pass (LeBron James steals)	0	2
11:06	LeBron James makes alley oop dunk shot (Jose Calderon assists)	0	4
10:48	Denzel Valentine makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)	3	4
10:29	LeBron James out of bounds bad pass turnover	3	4
10:12	Justin Holiday bad pass (Jae Crowder steals)	3	4
10:07	Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Channing Frye assists)	3	7
9:48	Lauri Markkanen misses 25-foot three point jumper	3	7
9:46	Channing Frye defensive rebound	3	7
9:34	Kevin Love misses 22-foot jumper	3	7
9:31	Justin Holiday defensive rebound	3	7
9:17	Kris Dunn misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	3	7
9:14	Channing Frye defensive rebound	3	7
9:08	Jose Calderon makes 26-foot three point jumper	3	10
8:54	Justin Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kris Dunn assists)	6	10
8:32	Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	10
8:31	Kris Dunn defensive rebound	6	10
8:10	Robin Lopez makes 7-foot hook shot	8	10
7:50	Jose Calderon misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	10
7:47	Denzel Valentine defensive rebound	8	10
7:38	Jose Calderon personal foul	8	10
7:27	Channing Frye blocks Lauri Markkanen's pullup jump shot	8	10
7:27	Bulls offensive team rebound	8	10
7:25	Justin Holiday misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	10
7:22	LeBron James defensive rebound	8	10
7:17	Channing Frye misses 27-foot three point jumper	8	10
7:14	Kris Dunn defensive rebound	8	10
7:08	Lauri Markkanen makes driving layup (Kris Dunn assists)	10	10
6:50	Channing Frye makes layup (LeBron James assists)	10	12
6:31	Robin Lopez makes 3-foot hook shot	12	12
6:20	Lauri Markkanen shooting foul	12	12
6:20	Cavaliers Full timeout	12	12
6:20	Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2	12	13
6:20	Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2	12	14
6:02	Robin Lopez makes two point shot (Lauri Markkanen assists)	14	14
5:41	Denzel Valentine blocks LeBron James 's 3-foot driving layup	14	14
5:38	LeBron James offensive rebound	14	14
5:36	Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)	14	17
5:25	Kris Dunn makes 20-foot jumper (Robin Lopez assists)	16	17
5:01	LeBron James makes layup (Jae Crowder assists)	16	19
4:51	Dwyane Wade enters the game for Channing Frye	16	19
4:51	Tristan Thompson enters the game for Jose Calderon	16	19
4:51	Nikola Mirotic enters the game for Lauri Markkanen	16	19
4:35	Denzel Valentine makes driving layup	18	19
4:13	Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper	18	19
4:12	Cavaliers offensive team rebound	18	19
4:12	Denzel Valentine loose ball foul	18	19
4:04	LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper	18	19
4:01	Jae Crowder offensive rebound	18	19
3:59	Jae Crowder misses 14-foot jumper	18	19
3:59	Justin Holiday defensive rebound	18	19
3:53	Nikola Mirotic makes two point shot (Justin Holiday assists)	20	19
3:41	Dwyane Wade lost ball turnover (Kris Dunn steals)	20	19
3:29	Kris Dunn misses driving layup	20	19
3:24	Robin Lopez offensive rebound	20	19
3:24	Robin Lopez misses tip shot	20	19
3:23	Kevin Love defensive rebound	20	19
3:19	LeBron James makes driving layup	20	21
3:10	Robin Lopez misses jumper	20	21
3:10	Kevin Love defensive rebound	20	21
3:04	Jae Crowder misses layup	20	21
3:04	Bulls defensive team rebound	20	21
3:04	LeBron James loose ball foul	20	21
3:04	Kyle Korver enters the game for Kevin Love	20	21
3:04	Jeff Green enters the game for LeBron James	20	21
3:04	David Nwaba enters the game for Denzel Valentine	20	21
2:52	Kris Dunn makes 17-foot jumper (Justin Holiday assists)	22	21
2:37	Dwyane Wade misses 25-foot three point jumper	22	21
2:35	Kris Dunn defensive rebound	22	21
2:26	Justin Holiday misses 19-foot jumper	22	21
2:23	Jae Crowder defensive rebound	22	21
2:19	Kyle Korver misses 31-foot three point jumper	22	21
2:16	Justin Holiday defensive rebound	22	21
2:11	Nikola Mirotic misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	21
2:05	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	22	21
1:52	Dwyane Wade makes 16-foot jump bank shot	22	23
1:52	Bulls Full timeout	22	23
1:52	Bobby Portis enters the game for Robin Lopez	22	23
1:34	David Nwaba misses 23-foot three point jumper	22	23
1:31	Jeff Green defensive rebound	22	23
1:17	Cedi Osman enters the game for Jae Crowder	22	23
1:17	Jerian Grant enters the game for Kris Dunn	22	23
1:13	Dwyane Wade makes 2-foot two point shot (Kyle Korver assists)	22	25
54.0	Jerian Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bobby Portis assists)	25	25
35.0	Tristan Thompson makes layup (Dwyane Wade assists)	25	27
28.0	Bobby Portis makes 4-foot jumper (David Nwaba assists)	27	27
24.0	Nikola Mirotic shooting foul	27	27
24.0	Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2	27	28
24.0	Paul Zipser enters the game for Justin Holiday	27	28
24.0	Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2	27	29
8.0	Nikola Mirotic misses 24-foot three point jumper	27	29
6.0	Dwyane Wade defensive rebound	27	29
2.0	Dwyane Wade misses 7-foot jump bank shot	27	29
1.0	Tristan Thompson offensive rebound	27	29
1.0	Tristan Thompson misses tip shot	27	29
0.0	Jerian Grant defensive rebound	27	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	29

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 3-0

Bulls
112
Cavaliers
119

Game 1

25/10

Cavaliers
113
Bulls
91

Game 2

5/12

Bulls
112
Cavaliers
115

Game 3

22/12

Cavaliers
114
Bulls
109

Game 4

18/3

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:00 AM, 22 December 2017

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
James Capers
Bennie Adams
Jacyn Goble

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

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