⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Trail Blazers 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:08 · CHI 10-2 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 7:13 · CHI 60-41 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Blake misses technical free throw
Q2 6:39 · CHI 37-26 POR
📊The numbers
| CHI | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
