⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 31 from three
- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 6:31 · LAL 55-45 CHI
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q2 2:54 · LAL 75-57 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
LeBron James technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:12 · LAL 89-69 CHI
- Missed FT
Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:41 · LAL 140-132 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 20 | Threes made | 12 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 35 | Assists | 27 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
