⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 35-12 off them
- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 22
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 stretched a 30-point lead to 40
Q4 1:54 · CHI 132-92 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 71% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 36 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 1 |
