⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 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
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 27-13 off them- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to six
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 4-point lead to 12
Q4 5:56 · CHI 88-76 POR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Ben Gordon flagrant foul type 1 (Martell Webster draws the foul)
Q1 10:53 · CHI 2-3 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:30 · CHI 8-16 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:53 · CHI 18-22 POR
- Flagrant
Martell Webster flagrant foul type 1 (Luol Deng draws the foul)
Q4 5:56 · CHI 80-76 POR
📊The numbers
| CHI | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
