⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better 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, sixteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 19-7 off them- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:44 · DET 15-9 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 1:36 · DET 57-41 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 0:43 · DET 79-57 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
