⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 31
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
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:48 · LAC 13-9 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 9:04 · LAC 84-97 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 29 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
