⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
-4Q113-21
+3Q219-20
-2Q323-29
+1Q420-21
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 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 ten threes to their three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
Key battles
3Threes made10
25%Three-point accuracy53%
7Blocks3
8Offensive rebounds13
🏀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 14-point deficit to 6
Q1 3:55 · CHI 15-21 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 9:08 · CHI 2-17 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
