⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three- A 14-0 run took them from 12 down to 2 up in the third quarter
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 4:41 · ATL 25-21 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q2 0:44 · ATL 67-48 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 2:21 · ATL 101-111 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 7:26 · ATL 73-65 CHI
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 12 down to 2 up
Q3 3:44 · ATL 80-82 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 9:59 · ATL 87-101 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 61% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
