⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Redd technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 11:22 · MIL 51-53 CHI
- Technical
Bobby Simmons technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 9:45 · MIL 52-58 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 8:33 · MIL 82-93 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
