⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Made ten threes to their eighteen
- Burned in transition, 12 fast break points to 24
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 8:43 · CHI 101-104 PHX
- Ties it
Coby White hit a free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:22 · CHI 111-111 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nikola Vucevic bad pass
Q4 2:45 · CHI 108-111 PHX
- Turnover
Coby White bad pass
Q4 1:30 · CHI 111-115 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 10:17 · CHI 37-32 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q2 3:52 · CHI 56-58 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 0:03 · CHI 58-66 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Devin Booker bad pass
Q4 4:15 · CHI 106-109 PHX
📊The numbers
| CHI | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
