⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Fizer Technical Foul
Q4 8:30 · CHI 73-65 PHX
- Turnover
10 second
Q4 2:40 · CHI 80-75 PHX
- Missed FT
Tyson Chandler missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:32 · CHI 84-79 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tom Gugliotta Offensive Foul
Q4 3:28 · CHI 77-75 PHX
- Turnover
Tom Gugliotta Foul
Q4 3:28 · CHI 77-75 PHX
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury Backcourt
Q4 0:29 · CHI 85-79 PHX
📊The numbers
| CHI | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
