⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 40- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 20-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Josh Howard Bad Pass. Stolen by Kirk Hinrich.
Q4 3:31 · DAL 84-92 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Eddy Curry Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q4 9:11 · DAL 77-79 CHI
- Turnover
Luol Deng Bad Pass. Stolen by Josh Howard.
Q4 1:16 · DAL 91-98 CHI
- Missed FT
Luol Deng missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:09 · DAL 97-105 CHI
📊The numbers
| DAL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
