⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 21, and were outscored 27-14 off them- Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 42
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q3 6:00 · LAL 76-90 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 8:46 · LAL 39-49 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 7:23 · LAL 103-126 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 6:05 · LAL 105-135 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 17 | Threes made | 19 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 41 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 17 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
