⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38- A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up in the first quarter
- Made eight threes to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 7:35 · DEN 20-10 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jeff Green bad pass
Q4 3:55 · DEN 93-99 CHI
- Missed FT
Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:33 · DEN 97-101 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up
Q1 2:37 · DEN 28-30 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 11:25 · DEN 52-61 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
