⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 45- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 11-3 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:47 · CHI 11-2 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 6:01 · CHI 23-6 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 4:30 · CHI 65-51 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Gordon technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:35 · CHI 23-8 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 3:38 · CHI 45-37 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Howard misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:01 · CHI 90-83 DAL
📊The numbers
| CHI | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
