⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 18-6 off them
- A 17-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 26 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.
Nets
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 26
Q3 9:48 · BKN 72-46 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin Double Technical Foul. Brad Miller gains possession.
Q3 11:23 · BKN 52-44 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
