⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 5:31 · DEN 56-43 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Earl Boykins missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 3:31 · DEN 56-43 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 6:47 · DEN 14-16 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Scottie Pippen Technical Foul
Q2 3:31 · DEN 56-43 CHI
📊The numbers
| DEN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
