⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Blake Griffin misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 0:26 · LAC 49-55 CHI
- Technical
Baron Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:11 · LAC 49-61 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 0:18 · LAC 71-89 CHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Carlos Boozer flagrant foul type 1 (Blake Griffin draws the foul)
Q2 0:26 · LAC 48-55 CHI
- Technical
Kurt Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:41 · LAC 54-69 CHI
📊The numbers
| LAC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
