⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their nine- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q2 2:18 · ATL 47-54 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 1:46 · ATL 23-28 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q2 4:58 · ATL 36-54 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q3 5:09 · ATL 56-74 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
