⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-14 off them- Won the second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:05 · BKN 30-25 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 8:26 · BKN 7-15 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 0:43 · BKN 80-81 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 6:42 · BKN 90-101 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
