⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 34 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 10
- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 in the second quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 9:09 · CHI 17-4 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 0:30 · CHI 45-30 DAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q2 9:21 · CHI 64-36 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Coby White technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · CHI 113-85 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 64% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
