⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hornets 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.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:29 · CHA 0-8 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 6:43 · CHA 35-52 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
