⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich lost ball
Q4 3:18 · CHI 84-90 NO
- Turnover
Thabo Sefolosha bad pass
Q4 1:47 · CHI 86-94 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 3:00 · CHI 42-42 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 5:05 · CHI 60-65 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 1:55 · CHI 86-100 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
