⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 39
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 4:13 · CHI 18-18 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 0:36 · CHI 32-23 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:56 · CHI 4-10 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Mehmet Okur technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:18 · CHI 41-27 UTAH
📊The numbers
| CHI | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
