⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 63 rebounds to 37
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kirk Hinrich double technical foul
Q2 0:11 · CHI 43-57 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 4:41 · CHI 37-55 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 7:35 · CHI 79-94 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 12% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
