⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 12
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up 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.
Bulls
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q3 9:57 · CHI 67-57 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich turnover
Q4 2:57 · CHI 100-98 NY
- Turnover
Tyrus Thomas offensive foul (Eddy Curry draws the foul)
Q4 1:15 · CHI 100-102 NY
- Turnover
Tyrus Thomas turnover
Q4 1:15 · CHI 100-102 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 6:58 · CHI 44-41 NY
- Winner
David Lee hit a dunk, Stephon Marbury with the assist
Q4 1:59 · CHI 100-102 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q4 3:19 · CHI 100-105 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
