⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-14 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 0:39 · ATL 78-75 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Johnson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:17 · ATL 90-97 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ben Wallace traveling
Q4 2:49 · ATL 88-92 CHI
- Turnover
Ben Gordon turnover
Q4 2:25 · ATL 88-92 CHI
- Missed FT
Tyrus Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:47 · ATL 91-99 CHI
📊The numbers
| ATL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 9 |
