⏱️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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their one- They went cold, one of seven from three
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 6:33 · MEM 29-38 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 11
Q3 0:04 · MEM 68-79 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 1:17 · MEM 17-28 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 8:55 · MEM 21-38 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 11 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 14 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
