⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 43 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 12
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
- Gave up second chances, fourteen 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.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 9:47 · CHI 37-30 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 5:22 · CHI 88-71 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 6:28 · CHI 17-19 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Quin Snyder technical foul
Q2 3:26 · CHI 45-43 ATL
📊The numbers
| CHI | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 36 | Assists | 32 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
