⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three
Shot well above their usual, nine of fifteen from three
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 8
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.

Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q1 2:29 · BKN 12-35 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 29 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |








