⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 34
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-6 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 27
Q4 5:18 · CHI 69-96 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 8:14 · CHI 8-22 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q3 0:51 · CHI 52-80 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 36
Q4 7:03 · CHI 60-96 SA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tyson Chandler Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 5:24 · CHI 27-43 SA
📊The numbers
| CHI | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
