⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their fifteen
- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 32-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 6:03 · DET 72-50 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q3 3:16 · DET 81-55 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:11 · DET 13-18 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 1 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
