⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kwame Brown flagrant foul type 1 (Carlos Boozer draws the foul)
Q4 4:24 · CHA 75-92 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 4:39 · CHA 45-49 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 0:40 · CHA 69-79 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 6:09 · CHA 75-94 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 10 |
