⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 24 from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q4 8:37 · CHI 99-108 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ronnie Brewer bad pass
Q4 0:06 · CHI 112-120 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 11:04 · CHI 87-105 NY
- Steal
Toney Douglas stole it from Ronnie Brewer
Q4 0:06 · CHI 112-120 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
