⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty- Could not get to the line, six free throws to their twenty
- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 43
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 10:42 · ATL 12-1 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 3:43 · ATL 56-43 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q2 0:57 · ATL 67-45 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q3 5:31 · ATL 79-58 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 6:09 · ATL 97-81 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 75% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 32 | Assists | 21 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
