⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 3
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q3 0:47 · DET 88-58 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q4 2:58 · DET 110-78 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Darko Milicic double technical foul
Q4 8:45 · DET 90-60 CHI
- Missed FT
Carlos Arroyo misses technical free throw
Q4 8:45 · DET 90-60 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Othella Harrington technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 8:45 · DET 90-60 CHI
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
