⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 32- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 26
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Hamilton double technical foul
Q4 8:11 · DET 69-92 CHI
- Technical
Richard Hamilton double technical foul
Q4 8:11 · DET 78-100 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 5:05 · DET 15-22 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q3 0:00 · DET 69-92 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
