Bulls 98-87 Cavaliers (23 Jan, 2014) Play-by-Play

Chicago Bulls

21-20, 8-12 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	23	20	28	27	98
CLE	17	27	18	25	87

Cleveland Cavaliers

15-27, 10-10 home

Tristan Thompson misses 5-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses 16-foot jumper
Jimmy Butler blocks C.J. Miles 's 5-foot two point shot
Taj Gibson blocks Tristan Thompson's jumper
Kyrie Irving misses 18-foot jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 7-foot two point shot
Kyrie Irving misses 16-foot two point shot
C.J. Miles makes dunk (Kyrie Irving assists)
C.J. Miles misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving misses 16-foot jumper
Tristan Thompson makes dunk (C.J. Miles assists)
Luol Deng makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)
C.J. Miles misses two point shot
Anderson Varejao makes 18-foot jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)
Anderson Varejao makes driving dunk
Anderson Varejao misses 18-foot jumper
Tristan Thompson makes layup
Luol Deng misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Tristan Thompson misses 3-foot jumper
Tyler Zeller makes 6-foot two point shot (Jarrett Jack assists)
Nazr Mohammed blocks Tristan Thompson's layup
Nazr Mohammed blocks Tristan Thompson's shot
Jarrett Jack misses 7-foot jumper
Dion Waiters misses driving layup
C.J. Miles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Jarrett Jack misses Running Jumper
Earl Clark misses 26-foot three point jumper
Earl Clark makes driving layup (Jarrett Jack assists)
Earl Clark makes two point shot (Dion Waiters assists)
Dion Waiters makes 17-foot jumper
Earl Clark misses 27-foot three point jumper
Earl Clark misses 21-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot
Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Jack misses 16-foot Running Jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)
Kyrie Irving makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anderson Varejao assists)
Taj Gibson blocks Luol Deng's jumper
Tristan Thompson misses jumper
Kyrie Irving misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Joakim Noah blocks Anderson Varejao 's 5-foot jumper
C.J. Miles misses 17-foot jumper
Kyrie Irving misses 15-foot jump bank shot
Luol Deng misses 14-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao makes two point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
C.J. Miles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving misses 24-foot three point jumper
C.J. Miles misses tip shot
Luol Deng misses
C.J. Miles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
Luol Deng misses 19-foot jumper
Tristan Thompson misses 5-foot
Kyrie Irving misses 13-foot jump bank shot
Tristan Thompson makes dunk (Anderson Varejao assists)
Anderson Varejao misses 15-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes driving layup (Kyrie Irving assists)
Tyler Zeller makes layup (Dion Waiters assists)
Kyrie Irving makes 18-foot jumper
Joakim Noah blocks Tyler Zeller's jumper
Dion Waiters misses layup
Kyrie Irving misses 21-foot jumper
Jarrett Jack misses 21-foot jumper
Dion Waiters makes 16-foot jumper
Dion Waiters misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dion Waiters makes 19-foot jumper
Dion Waiters makes 13-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Anderson Varejao makes 12-foot jumper (Dion Waiters assists)
Dion Waiters misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Anderson Varejao misses 15-foot jumper
Taj Gibson blocks Tristan Thompson 's 4-foot jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 11-foot two point shot (Tristan Thompson assists)
Dion Waiters misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson misses 5-foot jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 11-foot two point shot (Anderson Varejao assists)
Dion Waiters makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
Dion Waiters misses driving layup
Tristan Thompson misses 11-foot jumper
Kyrie Irving makes driving layup
Luol Deng misses 11-foot jumper
Anderson Varejao misses tip shot
Dion Waiters makes two point shot (Tristan Thompson assists)
Luol Deng misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tristan Thompson misses tip shot
Dion Waiters misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jimmy Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mike Dunleavy misses 8-foot jumper
Mike Dunleavy makes layup (D.J. Augustin assists)
Mike Dunleavy misses three point jumper
Taj Gibson makes layup
D.J. Augustin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Taj Gibson assists)
D.J. Augustin misses 5-foot two point shot
Jimmy Butler misses driving layup
Taj Gibson misses tip shot
Joakim Noah misses 17-foot jumper
D.J. Augustin makes 26-foot three point jumper
Mike Dunleavy misses 14-foot jumper
D.J. Augustin makes two point shot (Joakim Noah assists)
Taj Gibson makes two point shot (D.J. Augustin assists)
Jimmy Butler makes layup
Mike Dunleavy makes 22-foot jumper (Taj Gibson assists)
Mike Dunleavy makes 19-foot jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
Nazr Mohammed makes jumper (Mike Dunleavy assists)
Nazr Mohammed misses 6-foot two point shot
Taj Gibson misses 8-foot two point shot
Tristan Thompson blocks Nazr Mohammed 's 3-foot shot
D.J. Augustin misses 63-foot three point jumper
Taj Gibson makes 16-foot jumper (Mike James assists)
Taj Gibson misses 17-foot jumper
Mike Dunleavy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tony Snell assists)
Taj Gibson makes 5-foot two point shot
Tyler Zeller blocks Mike James 's 1-foot layup
Taj Gibson makes jumper (Mike James assists)
Taj Gibson misses 19-foot jumper
Joakim Noah misses two point shot
Tony Snell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jimmy Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jimmy Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
D.J. Augustin misses 12-foot Running Jumper
Joakim Noah misses 8-foot
Jimmy Butler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mike Dunleavy assists)
Mike Dunleavy makes 19-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
Jimmy Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Joakim Noah makes two point shot
Taj Gibson makes 15-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
Taj Gibson makes jumper (Mike Dunleavy assists)
Taj Gibson makes 14-foot two point shot
D.J. Augustin misses 25-foot three point jumper
D.J. Augustin makes 7-foot two point shot
Mike Dunleavy makes 25-foot three point jumper
D.J. Augustin makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
Taj Gibson makes 17-foot jumper (Mike Dunleavy assists)
Taj Gibson makes jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
D.J. Augustin makes driving layup
Jimmy Butler misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nazr Mohammed misses 16-foot jumper
Mike Dunleavy misses 19-foot jumper
Nazr Mohammed misses 17-foot jumper
D.J. Augustin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Taj Gibson makes layup (Joakim Noah assists)
Jimmy Butler makes layup
Mike Dunleavy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mike James assists)
Jimmy Butler misses jumper
Mike James makes 8-foot two point shot
Joakim Noah misses two point shot
Jimmy Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jimmy Butler makes 18-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
Joakim Noah makes dunk (D.J. Augustin assists)
D.J. Augustin makes 26-foot three point jumper
Mike Dunleavy makes 8-foot two point shot (D.J. Augustin assists)
Joakim Noah makes layup (D.J. Augustin assists)
D.J. Augustin makes 25-foot three point jumper
Mike Dunleavy misses 20-foot jumper
D.J. Augustin misses two point shot
Mike Dunleavy makes 24-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)

BULLS

CAVALIERS

TIME		CHI	CLE
12:00	Joakim Noah vs. Anderson Varejao (Kyrie Irving gains possession)	0	0
11:38	Tristan Thompson misses 5-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	0	0
11:14	Jimmy Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:14	Bulls offensive team rebound	0	0
11:14	shot clock turnover	0	0
11:02	Luol Deng misses 16-foot jumper	0	0
11:00	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	0	0
10:44	Mike Dunleavy misses 8-foot jumper	0	0
10:41	C.J. Miles defensive rebound	0	0
10:36	Jimmy Butler blocks C.J. Miles 's 5-foot two point shot	0	0
10:33	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	0	0
10:30	Mike Dunleavy makes layup (D.J. Augustin assists)	2	0
10:12	Taj Gibson blocks Tristan Thompson's jumper	2	0
10:10	D.J. Augustin defensive rebound	2	0
10:04	Mike Dunleavy misses three point jumper	2	0
10:03	Taj Gibson offensive rebound	2	0
10:00	Taj Gibson makes layup	4	0
9:40	Kyrie Irving misses 18-foot jumper	4	0
9:38	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	4	0
9:17	D.J. Augustin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Taj Gibson assists)	7	0
9:00	Kyrie Irving makes 7-foot two point shot	7	2
8:36	Joakim Noah bad pass (C.J. Miles steals)	7	2
8:36	Cavaliers Full timeout	7	2
8:26	Kyrie Irving misses 16-foot two point shot	7	2
8:25	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	7	2
8:07	Mike Dunleavy lost ball turnover (Kyrie Irving steals)	7	2
8:00	C.J. Miles makes dunk (Kyrie Irving assists)	7	4
7:39	Tristan Thompson shooting foul (Taj Gibson draws the foul)	7	4
7:39	Taj Gibson misses free throw 1 of 2	7	4
7:39	Bulls offensive team rebound	7	4
7:39	Taj Gibson makes free throw 2 of 2	8	4
7:26	C.J. Miles misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	4
7:26	D.J. Augustin defensive rebound	8	4
7:09	D.J. Augustin misses 5-foot two point shot	8	4
7:05	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	8	4
6:56	Kyrie Irving misses 16-foot jumper	8	4
6:56	Jimmy Butler defensive rebound	8	4
6:39	Jimmy Butler misses driving layup	8	4
6:39	Jimmy Butler offensive rebound	8	4
6:39	Taj Gibson misses tip shot	8	4
6:37	C.J. Miles defensive rebound	8	4
6:35	C.J. Miles bad pass	8	4
6:18	Joakim Noah misses 17-foot jumper	8	4
6:16	C.J. Miles defensive rebound	8	4
6:07	Tristan Thompson makes dunk (C.J. Miles assists)	8	6
5:50	Luol Deng personal foul (Jimmy Butler draws the foul)	8	6
5:35	D.J. Augustin makes 26-foot three point jumper	11	6
5:13	Anderson Varejao lost ball turnover (Joakim Noah steals)	11	6
5:07	Mike Dunleavy misses 14-foot jumper	11	6
5:05	Anderson Varejao defensive rebound	11	6
5:03	Luol Deng makes layup (Anderson Varejao assists)	11	8
4:41	D.J. Augustin makes two point shot (Joakim Noah assists)	13	8
4:24	C.J. Miles misses two point shot	13	8
4:24	Jimmy Butler defensive rebound	13	8
4:18	Taj Gibson makes two point shot (D.J. Augustin assists)	15	8
4:05	Anderson Varejao makes 18-foot jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)	15	10
3:51	Kyrie Irving personal foul (D.J. Augustin draws the foul)	15	10
3:51	Dion Waiters enters the game for C.J. Miles	15	10
3:49	Joakim Noah lost ball turnover (Anderson Varejao steals)	15	10
3:46	Anderson Varejao makes driving dunk	15	12
3:16	Jimmy Butler makes layup	17	12
3:05	Taj Gibson defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	17	12
3:05	Kyrie Irving makes technical free throw	17	13
3:05	Tony Snell enters the game for Jimmy Butler	17	13
3:05	Nazr Mohammed enters the game for Joakim Noah	17	13
3:00	Anderson Varejao bad pass (Taj Gibson steals)	17	13
2:41	Mike Dunleavy makes 22-foot jumper (Taj Gibson assists)	19	13
2:27	Anderson Varejao misses 18-foot jumper	19	13
2:25	Tristan Thompson offensive rebound	19	13
2:25	Tristan Thompson makes layup	19	15
2:25	Tony Snell shooting foul (Tristan Thompson draws the foul)	19	15
2:25	Bulls Full timeout	19	15
2:25	Jarrett Jack enters the game for Anderson Varejao	19	15
2:25	Tyler Zeller enters the game for Kyrie Irving	19	15
2:25	Tristan Thompson misses free throw 1 of 1	19	15
2:23	Taj Gibson defensive rebound	19	15
2:10	Mike Dunleavy makes 19-foot jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)	21	15
1:50	Luol Deng misses 17-foot step back jumpshot	21	15
1:47	Tyler Zeller offensive rebound	21	15
1:46	Tristan Thompson misses 3-foot jumper	21	15
1:44	Taj Gibson defensive rebound	21	15
1:25	Nazr Mohammed makes jumper (Mike Dunleavy assists)	23	15
1:02	Tyler Zeller makes 6-foot two point shot (Jarrett Jack assists)	23	17
46.0	Nazr Mohammed misses 6-foot two point shot	23	17
43.0	Tristan Thompson defensive rebound	23	17
34.0	Nazr Mohammed blocks Tristan Thompson's layup	23	17
33.0	Tristan Thompson offensive rebound	23	17
32.0	Nazr Mohammed blocks Tristan Thompson's shot	23	17
32.0	D.J. Augustin defensive rebound	23	17
24.0	Taj Gibson misses 8-foot two point shot	23	17
23.0	Nazr Mohammed offensive rebound	23	17
23.0	Tristan Thompson blocks Nazr Mohammed 's 3-foot shot	23	17
20.0	Jarrett Jack defensive rebound	23	17
14.0	Mike Dunleavy personal foul (Tyler Zeller draws the foul)	23	17
14.0	Kyrie Irving enters the game for Tristan Thompson	23	17
2.0	Jarrett Jack misses 7-foot jumper	23	17
2.0	Bulls defensive team rebound	23	17
2.0	Tristan Thompson enters the game for Luol Deng	23	17
2.0	C.J. Miles enters the game for Kyrie Irving	23	17
2.0	Earl Clark enters the game for Tyler Zeller	23	17
0.0	D.J. Augustin misses 63-foot three point jumper	23	17
0.0	Bulls offensive team rebound	23	17
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	17

Regular Season Series

CHI wins 3-1

Cavaliers
81
Bulls
96

Game 1

12/11

Bulls
93
Cavaliers
97

Game 2

1/12

Cavaliers
84
Bulls
100

Game 3

22/12

Bulls
98
Cavaliers
87

Game 4

23/1

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:00 AM, 23 January 2014

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 16,890

Referees:
Derek Richardson
Michael Smith
Kevin Scott

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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