⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:07 · DAL 19-20 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 3:49 · DAL 19-23 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 0:20 · DAL 23-35 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 3:54 · DAL 70-87 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Garrett Temple misses technical free throw
Q1 3:07 · DAL 19-20 CHI
📊The numbers
| DAL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 32 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
