⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 44- A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 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.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Victor Wembanyama misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:33 · SA 105-110 CHI
- Turnover
Devin Vassell bad pass
Q4 3:40 · SA 106-112 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 9:43 · SA 38-35 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q3 9:31 · SA 68-69 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 24 |
| 35 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
