⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
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
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:41 · DET 64-75 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q3 6:16 · DET 64-85 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
