⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 0:54 · CHI 93-77 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
C.J. Watson bad pass
Q4 2:36 · CHI 108-100 SAC
- Turnover
Taj Gibson traveling
Q4 2:11 · CHI 108-100 SAC
- Missed FT
Joakim Noah misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:53 · CHI 115-107 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 3:43 · CHI 52-47 SAC
- Steal
DeMarcus Cousins stole it from C.J. Watson
Q4 2:36 · CHI 108-100 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 33 | Assists | 21 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
