⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ PHX 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 Suns won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- They went cold, one of 21 from three
- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
- Gave up second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to their twelve
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:45 · CHI 2-10 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 5:28 · CHI 9-22 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 7:33 · CHI 24-38 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 5% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
