⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 7
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the first quarter
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
Q1 11:26 · CHI 9-2 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 7:13 · CHI 97-81 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q1 1:38 · CHI 31-28 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 11:22 · CHI 61-53 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q4 2:39 · CHI 107-95 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Miles Bridges technical foul
Q2 0:18 · CHI 58-42 CHA
📊The numbers
| CHI | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
