⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 12-4 off them
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:07 · CHI 17-8 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 0:01 · CHI 78-66 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
