⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 20 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, 14 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 33- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 10:25 · CHI 62-45 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ben Gordon bad pass
Q4 3:44 · CHI 87-80 DET
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:41 · CHI 91-83 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:03 · CHI 29-32 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses technical free throw
Q3 8:22 · CHI 58-45 DET
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups offensive foul (Kirk Hinrich draws the foul)
Q4 3:33 · CHI 87-80 DET
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups turnover
Q4 3:33 · CHI 87-80 DET
📊The numbers
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
