⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their seven
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 took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 2:22 · CHI 64-60 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zach LaVine misses technical free throw
Q3 1:55 · CHI 80-88 PHX
- Technical
Patrick Beverley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:02 · CHI 83-88 PHX
- Technical
Zach LaVine technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:53 · CHI 102-119 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 7:54 · CHI 14-25 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 5:08 · CHI 100-117 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 1:57 · CHI 102-125 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Cameron Payne technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:55 · CHI 80-88 PHX
📊The numbers
| CHI | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 20 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
