⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 37 from three
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:58 · SA 71-71 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dejounte Murray out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:16 · SA 118-110 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 5:23 · SA 18-27 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 6:31 · SA 80-83 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 9:16 · SA 106-103 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach LaVine steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 0:45 · SA 126-120 CHI
📊The numbers
| SA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 16 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 35 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
