⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-8 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 8:18 · CHI 51-35 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 3:15 · CHI 65-47 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 8:59 · CHI 77-52 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 35 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
