⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q2 8:48 · CHI 28-33 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich bad pass
Q4 3:36 · CHI 78-84 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 2:50 · CHI 19-33 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luke Walton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:48 · CHI 78-84 LAL
- Missed FT
Luke Walton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:48 · CHI 78-84 LAL
📊The numbers
| CHI | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
