⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 17
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 10:55 · OKC 54-64 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Andres Nocioni technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 8:15 · OKC 56-66 CHI
📊The numbers
| OKC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 90 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
