⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 40
- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 10:09 · LAC 32-27 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 3:38 · LAC 46-41 CHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
James Harden flagrant foul type 1
Q3 1:25 · LAC 64-78 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:45 · LAC 2-8 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 5:22 · LAC 38-41 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q3 9:12 · LAC 57-66 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dalen Terry misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 1:25 · LAC 64-78 CHI
📊The numbers
| LAC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
