⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of fifteen from three- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their eighteen
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
- Turnover
Corie Blount Backcourt
Q4 0:48 · CHI 87-93 NY
- Turnover
Scottie Pippen Bad Pass
Q4 0:19 · CHI 91-96 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q4 10:52 · CHI 75-76 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 8:26 · CHI 77-84 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Keith Van Horn missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 0:07 · CHI 53-55 NY
- Technical
Othella Harrington Technical Foul
Q2 0:07 · CHI 53-55 NY
- Missed FT
Allan Houston missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:47 · CHI 87-93 NY
📊The numbers
| CHI | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
