⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 26 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 9:23 · BKN 30-34 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 11:28 · BKN 63-52 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Spencer Dinwiddie misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:57 · BKN 100-92 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 2:16 · BKN 17-26 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q3 5:40 · BKN 74-75 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 15 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
