⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their thirteen- Made two threes to their nine
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
Fred Hoiberg missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:59 · CHI 95-88 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:05 · CHI 92-82 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Clarence Weatherspoon missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:21 · CHI 99-94 NY
- Missed FT
Clarence Weatherspoon missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:21 · CHI 99-94 NY
- Turnover
Allan Houston Bad Pass. Stolen by Jay Williams.
Q4 0:15 · CHI 99-94 NY
📊The numbers
| CHI | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
