⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 16-7 off them
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 10:14 · CHI 33-26 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 9:37 · CHI 53-47 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 6:54 · CHI 64-51 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
