⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 25 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, three turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 31-0 off them
- Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 36
- A 17-0 run took them from 8 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- Made nine threes to their nineteen
- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 47
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 cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:21 · CHI 21-22 MEM
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 8 down to 9 up
Q3 3:16 · CHI 93-84 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q4 6:11 · CHI 115-101 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Patrick Beverley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:48 · CHI 66-75 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 2:36 · CHI 21-33 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q2 8:09 · CHI 36-58 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q4 8:06 · CHI 104-101 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 19 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 29 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 0 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 1 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
