⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 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
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 47- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
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 stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 8:08 · CHI 67-50 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 5:35 · CHI 80-68 IND
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Othella Harrington missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 4:50 · CHI 76-68 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 4:13 · CHI 42-38 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Offensive Foul. Tinsley's 3rd Personal Foul, Indiana's 5th Team Foul.
Q4 4:28 · CHI 76-68 IND
- Turnover
Jamaal Tinsley Foul
Q4 4:28 · CHI 76-68 IND
- Technical
Jamaal Tinsley Technical Foul. Tinsley's 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 0:52 · CHI 83-71 IND
📊The numbers
| CHI | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 6% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 78 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
