⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eight- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 24-10 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 30 in the fourth 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 7:52 · CHI 45-39 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:15 · CHI 36-37 NY
- Technical
Nikola Vucevic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:37 · CHI 51-56 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 2:27 · CHI 51-58 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 30
Q4 7:26 · CHI 79-109 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
