⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 40 from three
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:20 · CHI 11-0 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 4:52 · CHI 45-52 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 19 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 29 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
