⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their four- They went cold, four of 25 from three
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 33
- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 66
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Deandre Ayton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:32 · PHX 121-101 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 14
Q3 8:20 · PHX 78-64 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q4 10:24 · PHX 110-92 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
