⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 15-7 off them- A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6 in the first quarter
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6
Q1 5:50 · CHI 18-24 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q4 8:12 · CHI 96-79 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luol Deng bad pass
Q4 1:08 · CHI 98-90 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:11 · CHI 2-14 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:00 · CHI 98-90 DAL
📊The numbers
| CHI | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 13 | Assists | 15 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
