⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 16 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
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 18-9 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 7:26 · CHI 19-11 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q2 5:24 · CHI 61-41 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q2 0:26 · CHI 74-47 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
