⏱️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
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Missed FT
Andres Nocioni misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:36 · CHI 95-89 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q4 5:58 · CHI 88-82 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 3:39 · CHI 88-82 NY
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 2:36 · CHI 90-82 NY
📊The numbers
| CHI | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 15 | Blocks | 2 |
