⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DEN 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 Nuggets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 21-10 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 10
Q4 9:37 · CHI 75-85 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 2:00 · CHI 42-52 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 3:53 · CHI 60-74 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Voshon Lenard missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 7:35 · CHI 72-85 DEN
📊The numbers
| CHI | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
