⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their one
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 8:00 · CHI 5-16 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 2:05 · CHI 35-55 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q3 1:29 · CHI 48-80 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 27% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 1 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
