⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
+3Q127-23
0Q223-20
+1Q330-26
-12Q415-20
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen
Key battles
40%Three-point accuracy18%
11Steals4
6Threes made2
8Turnovers16
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Omer Asik misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · CHI 94-86 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q4 5:56 · CHI 91-82 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
