⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 22 from three
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 6:41 · CHI 63-67 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 4:01 · CHI 77-80 SAC
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford Lost Ball. Stolen by Vlade Divac.
Q4 2:50 · CHI 79-82 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:45 · CHI 7-11 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vlade Divac missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:36 · CHI 79-82 SAC
📊The numbers
| CHI | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
