⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 20-8 off them- Won the second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to four
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 cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 6:58 · CHI 13-15 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:58 · CHI 21-19 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:41 · CHI 0-8 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
