⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
+7Q129-22
-2Q227-29
-12Q319-29
0Q421-23
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 31- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 30-12 off them
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 22
Key battles
30Points off turnovers12
22Fast break points9
9Blocks4
18%Three-point accuracy30%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 0:32 · OKC 96-99 CHI
📊The numbers
| OKC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 13 | Assists | 12 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
