⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 6:50 · CHI 83-90 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 5:28 · CHI 13-24 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 11:08 · CHI 66-85 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Elden Campbell Technical Foul
Q2 12:00 · CHI 17-28 DET
- Turnover
Ben Wallace Bad Pass
Q4 4:39 · CHI 83-90 DET
📊The numbers
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
