⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their sixteen- They shot well above their usual, sixteen of 38 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Patrick Williams bad pass
Q4 2:45 · CHI 109-105 SA
- Missed FT
Kevin Huerter misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:09 · CHI 115-119 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q4 9:58 · CHI 104-101 SA
- Winner
Victor Wembanyama hit a 27-foot threeer
Q4 0:27 · CHI 114-117 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q4 1:32 · CHI 114-119 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
