⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 40- Made eleven threes to their seventeen
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 7:59 · BKN 21-13 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q4 9:21 · BKN 104-98 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 3:11 · BKN 120-109 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:10 · BKN 120-112 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Giddey misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:03 · BKN 108-106 CHI
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 34 | Assists | 24 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
