⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 32 from three
- Burned in transition, 12 fast break points to 26
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 6 down to 2 up
Q1 3:00 · CHI 22-20 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 4:35 · CHI 80-66 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 9:54 · CHI 96-76 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 4:47 · CHI 14-20 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 9 | Blocks | 12 |
