⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the second quarter- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 32
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q2 2:35 · CHI 70-55 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 5:18 · CHI 125-110 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Luol Deng technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:14 · CHI 53-50 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 8:02 · CHI 43-43 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 10:52 · CHI 106-96 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
