⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 10- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:10 · CHI 11-4 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 5:35 · CHI 101-92 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Miller misses technical free throw
Q4 6:43 · CHI 98-82 POR
📊The numbers
| CHI | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 0 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Assists | 15 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
