⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 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
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of fifteen from three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-8 off them
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 0:41 · CHI 60-58 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 4:24 · CHI 106-102 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 2:46 · CHI 52-58 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Bad Pass
Q4 3:28 · CHI 101-102 IND
- Missed FT
Jermaine O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:16 · CHI 106-102 IND
- Missed FT
Brad Miller missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:47 · CHI 109-103 IND
📊The numbers
| CHI | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
