⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 28 from three
- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 31
- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 22-12 off them
- Burned in transition, 12 fast break points to 27
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 7:38 · CHI 24-12 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 1:53 · CHI 62-64 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q3 11:33 · CHI 75-66 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 34 | Assists | 28 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
