⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 34
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ben Gordon bad pass
Q4 0:13 · CHI 91-97 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 9:51 · CHI 31-43 LAC
- Winner
Corey Maggette hit a 25-foot three jumper, Tim Thomas with the assist
Q4 2:11 · CHI 89-92 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q4 3:36 · CHI 89-95 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Cuttino Mobley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:10 · CHI 69-70 LAC
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · CHI 89-95 LAC
📊The numbers
| CHI | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
