⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ LAL 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 Lakers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen
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
Kirk Hinrich misses technical free throw
Q2 1:13 · CHI 41-46 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q4 6:15 · CHI 83-97 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Derek Fisher technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:13 · CHI 41-46 LAL
📊The numbers
| CHI | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 72 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 27 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
