⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen
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
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:04 · CHI 84-77 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 4:11 · CHI 78-69 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Bullard Technical Foul
Q1 6:18 · CHI 8-8 NO
- Flagrant
P.J. Brown Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 1:51 · CHI 38-32 NO
- Missed FT
Jamal Mashburn missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 6:00 · CHI 75-57 NO
📊The numbers
| CHI | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
