⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 1:23 · CHI 40-31 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eddy Curry missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:45 · CHI 76-75 SA
- Turnover
Eddie Robinson Bad Pass
Q4 4:05 · CHI 76-78 SA
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford Bad Pass. Stolen by Manu Ginobili.
Q4 3:27 · CHI 76-81 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 11:17 · CHI 40-41 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q4 4:28 · CHI 76-86 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
