⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their ten- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the fourth 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 5:07 · CHI 59-65 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q4 9:18 · CHI 66-82 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 78 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 11 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
