⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 36 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 5
- A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up in the first quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13
Q4 2:01 · CHA 114-127 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Miles Bridges misses technical free throw
Q3 8:34 · CHA 65-79 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up
Q1 7:08 · CHA 17-20 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 4:37 · CHA 43-58 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 3:53 · CHA 100-124 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 16 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
