⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
-1Q126-26
+2Q229-26
+3Q327-23
+5Q426-20
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth 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 Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 44 free throws to their twenty- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 1
Key battles
20Fast break points1
33Free throws made15
29Points off turnovers16
9Steals5
🏀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
- Missed FT
Ben Gordon misses technical free throw
Q1 0:40 · CHI 24-24 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
