⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 10:59 · CHI 30-34 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Goran Dragic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:50 · CHI 66-79 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 4:31 · CHI 66-86 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q4 9:46 · CHI 82-110 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 33 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
