⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 37
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 0:52 · PHX 36-27 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q4 6:54 · PHX 119-88 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Vucevic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:00 · PHX 56-45 CHI
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
