⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 9:48 · CHI 34-32 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 2:43 · CHI 81-73 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 9:51 · CHI 94-80 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q1 5:01 · CHI 22-20 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 7:35 · CHI 65-66 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 6:03 · CHI 39-40 CHA
- Technical
Gerald Wallace Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q2 6:03 · CHI 39-40 CHA
📊The numbers
| CHI | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 1 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
