⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:17 · ORL 39-50 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 2:51 · ORL 14-24 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 8:07 · ORL 52-72 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 9 | Assists | 19 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
