⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their twelve
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 6:43 · CHI 20-10 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kirk Hinrich misses technical free throw
Q1 11:11 · CHI 5-0 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 7:11 · CHI 96-81 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 11:11 · CHI 5-0 DET
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:10 · CHI 76-61 DET
📊The numbers
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 28 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 11 |
