⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 3:08 · PHX 97-102 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 0:36 · PHX 83-91 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 2:33 · PHX 99-111 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joakim Noah misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:51 · PHX 94-99 CHI
- Missed FT
Derrick Rose misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:08 · PHX 97-102 CHI
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 11 |
