⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 8 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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to four- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 6:13 · PHX 75-80 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 3:27 · PHX 101-108 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
