⏱️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
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their fifteen- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 18-9 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
- Go-ahead
Ben Wallace hit a dunk, Ben Gordon with the assist
Q4 2:13 · CHI 91-90 MIL
- Winner
Ben Gordon hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:39 · CHI 92-91 MIL
- Steal
Kirk Hinrich stole it from Royal Ivey
Q4 1:23 · CHI 93-91 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:31 · CHI 97-93 MIL
- Missed FT
Andres Nocioni misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · CHI 100-97 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:51 · CHI 2-8 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 9:37 · CHI 33-37 MIL
- Go-ahead
Andrew Bogut hit a dunk, Mo Williams with the assist
Q4 2:29 · CHI 89-90 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andrew Bogut misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:51 · CHI 91-91 MIL
- Turnover
Royal Ivey bad pass
Q4 1:23 · CHI 93-91 MIL
- Missed FT
Michael Redd misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 0:14 · CHI 100-97 MIL
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
