⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their nineteen
- A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23 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.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 11:08 · CHI 28-34 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Rose Technical Foul
Q3 11:33 · CHI 48-56 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23
Q3 10:06 · CHI 50-73 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Parker missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 11:33 · CHI 48-56 SA
📊The numbers
| CHI | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 69% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
