⏱️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
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
They went cold, one of fourteen from three- Won the glass, 27 rebounds to 13
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q2 5:56 · CHI 38-33 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Sebastian Telfair technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:15 · CHI 30-33 MIN
- Missed FT
Rashad McCants misses technical free throw
Q4 7:26 · CHI 83-67 MIN
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 7% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
