⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The fourth 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 Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 from three- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 17-9 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 0:52 · CHI 94-91 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q4 9:54 · CHI 106-100 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 5:24 · CHI 126-110 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zach LaVine misses technical free throw
Q3 6:48 · CHI 80-77 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:27 · CHI 23-23 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 7:08 · CHI 80-82 MIN
Bad plays
- Technical
Karl-Anthony Towns technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:48 · CHI 80-77 MIN
📊The numbers
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 63% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 32 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
