⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 33
- A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 4:39 · NY 66-78 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Shawne Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:04 · NY 55-60 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 11:30 · NY 55-61 CHI
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21
Q3 9:32 · NY 57-78 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 7:11 · NY 84-99 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
