⏱️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
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to nine
- Went cold from three, two of fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 10:14 · MIN 43-35 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luol Deng misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · MIN 94-100 CHI
- Missed FT
Luol Deng misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · MIN 94-100 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
