⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 37
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
- Winner
Kirk Hinrich hit a free throw 2 of 3
Q4 0:02 · CHI 82-81 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ben Gordon lost ball
Q4 2:29 · CHI 79-72 DET
- Turnover
Tyrus Thomas lost ball
Q4 0:35 · CHI 81-79 DET
- Missed FT
Kirk Hinrich misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:02 · CHI 81-81 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 7:52 · CHI 31-36 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 3:39 · CHI 79-75 DET
- Ties it
Tayshaun Prince hit a jumper
Q4 0:09 · CHI 81-81 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q1 0:56 · CHI 23-15 DET
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 6:45 · CHI 46-50 DET
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:56 · CHI 79-72 DET
📊The numbers
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
