⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their sixteen- A 18-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 10:52 · LAL 26-23 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 9:15 · LAL 60-48 CHI
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 21
Q3 1:30 · LAL 81-60 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 5:05 · LAL 12-19 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 77 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
