⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second 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 Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their one- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 37
- Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 26, and outscored them 33-7 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 32 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 37
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q1 2:42 · CHI 35-18 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 32
Q2 6:07 · CHI 59-27 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 35-point lead to 43
Q3 1:42 · CHI 100-57 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 30% |
| 8 | Threes made | 1 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 35 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 15 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 6 |
