⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 30 free throws to their 41
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 23
Q3 4:35 · CHI 85-62 UTAH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Marcus Fizer Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 11:22 · CHI 25-24 UTAH
- Technical
Tyson Chandler Technical Foul
Q2 11:22 · CHI 25-24 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Massenburg missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q2 11:22 · CHI 25-25 UTAH
📊The numbers
| CHI | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
