⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 25-8 off them
- Made five threes to their eleven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 8:06 · CHI 14-10 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 0:34 · CHI 32-24 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 10:33 · CHI 88-74 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 5:58 · CHI 96-88 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Donovan Mitchell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:35 · CHI 88-77 UTAH
📊The numbers
| CHI | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 15 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
