⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 37 from three
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 39
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 33-19 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 1:17 · SA 99-108 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 6:29 · SA 115-128 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Charles Bassey technical foul
Q1 1:07 · SA 20-33 CHI
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul
Q3 2:04 · SA 89-100 CHI
- Technical
Mitch Johnson technical foul
Q3 1:51 · SA 89-103 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:45 · SA 5-14 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 10:04 · SA 103-118 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 3:04 · SA 122-139 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Giddey technical foul
Q3 7:21 · SA 75-92 CHI
- Technical
Nikola Vucevic technical foul
Q3 6:45 · SA 76-92 CHI
- Missed FT
Talen Horton-Tucker misses technical free throw
Q3 1:51 · SA 89-103 CHI
📊The numbers
| SA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 8 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 36 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
