⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-7 off them- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to seven
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
- Steal
Rasheed Wallace stole it from Ben Gordon
Q4 0:15 · DET 102-101 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:38 · DET 95-89 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 1:46 · DET 17-28 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Duhon bad pass
Q4 4:37 · DET 90-86 CHI
- Turnover
Ben Gordon bad pass
Q4 0:15 · DET 102-101 CHI
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
