⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 39- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 30-14 off them
A 16-0 run took them from 12 down to 4 up in the third 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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 12 down to 4 up
Q3 2:16 · CHI 92-88 PHX
- Ties it
DeMar DeRozan hit a driving layup
Q4 0:15 · CHI 107-107 PHX
- Go-ahead
Nikola Vucevic hit a 26-foot three jumper, Zach LaVine with the assist
OT 3:09 · CHI 110-109 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Coby White lost ball turnover
OT 4:48 · CHI 107-107 PHX
- Turnover
Nikola Vucevic lost ball turnover
OT 0:18 · CHI 115-114 PHX
- Turnover
Alex Caruso out of bounds bad pass turnover
OT 0:00 · CHI 115-116 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 11:12 · CHI 2-14 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q1 7:54 · CHI 4-22 PHX
- Winner
Jusuf Nurkic hit a driving layup, Kevin Durant with the assist
OT 0:07 · CHI 115-116 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant traveling
Q4 1:19 · CHI 105-107 PHX
- Turnover
Jusuf Nurkic bad pass
Q4 0:55 · CHI 105-107 PHX
- Turnover
Jusuf Nurkic bad pass
OT 2:49 · CHI 110-109 PHX
📊The numbers
| CHI | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 19 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 32 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
