⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY 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 Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 15-3 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephon Marbury missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:26 · NY 84-79 CHI
- Missed FT
Mike Sweetney missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:31 · NY 86-81 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 6:26 · NY 56-59 CHI
- Ties it
Andres Nocioni made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Luol Deng.
Q4 0:56 · NY 86-86 CHI
- Winner
Ben Gordon made 8 ft running jumper.
Q4 0:00 · NY 86-88 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luol Deng Bad Pass. Stolen by Jerome Williams.
Q4 4:11 · NY 79-76 CHI
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich Bad Pass. Stolen by Mike Sweetney.
Q4 3:59 · NY 81-76 CHI
- Missed FT
Ben Gordon missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 2:17 · NY 85-81 CHI
📊The numbers
| NY | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
