⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 19-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:34 · BKN 12-4 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 8:52 · BKN 84-59 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 0 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
