⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 13 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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of fifteen from three- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 4:11 · CHI 60-43 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 5:07 · CHI 84-70 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 1:16 · CHI 116-99 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q2 2:24 · CHI 60-53 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 80% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
