⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 5 down to 11 up in the first quarter- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 19-10 off them
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 26
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 5 down to 11 up
Q1 3:47 · CHI 28-17 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 9:25 · CHI 62-56 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 4:50 · CHI 89-86 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich offensive foul (Andrew Bogut draws the foul)
Q4 3:47 · CHI 84-86 MIL
- Missed FT
Malik Allen misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:58 · CHI 91-88 MIL
- Missed FT
Luol Deng misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:25 · CHI 94-91 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 0:19 · CHI 28-26 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 4:48 · CHI 66-70 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
