⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 17-7 off them
Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Anfernee Simons technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:14 · POR 86-91 CHI
- Turnover
Matisse Thybulle bad pass
Q4 0:10 · POR 96-102 CHI

Bulls
Good plays
- Steal
Coby White stole it from Matisse Thybulle
Q4 0:10 · POR 96-102 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |








