⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second 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 Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
- A 16-0 run took them from 2 down to 14 up in the first quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 15 in the fourth quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 2 down to 14 up
Q1 1:51 · CHI 31-17 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 9:14 · CHI 92-65 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 15
Q4 6:30 · CHI 92-77 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
