⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:02 · CHI 4-10 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 7:12 · CHI 6-20 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q2 10:10 · CHI 19-41 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
