⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls fell 17 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
DeMarcus Cousins lost ball
Q4 2:47 · SAC 83-89 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 3:05 · SAC 71-65 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 0:02 · SAC 76-78 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q4 5:03 · SAC 83-94 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Joakim Noah technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:46 · SAC 73-65 CHI
- Turnover
Joakim Noah offensive goaltending
Q4 4:15 · SAC 83-85 CHI
- Turnover
Derrick Rose bad pass
Q4 3:27 · SAC 83-87 CHI
📊The numbers
| SAC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 12 | Blocks | 5 |
