⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 30
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 52
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 32-23 off them
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:26 · DET 8-0 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:33 · DET 16-7 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q1 0:04 · DET 42-18 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Maxiell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:40 · DET 42-20 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q3 0:27 · DET 83-70 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 37 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
