⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 39-16 off them- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 7:56 · NO 68-64 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Baron Davis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:40 · NO 101-108 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jalen Rose Backcourt
Q4 2:24 · NO 102-108 CHI
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich 5 second
Q4 1:44 · NO 104-108 CHI
- Missed FT
Kirk Hinrich missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:14 · NO 106-108 CHI
📊The numbers
| NO | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 39 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
