⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 17-8 off them- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 5:20 · CHI 37-35 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q4 9:33 · CHI 86-70 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:52 · CHI 28-35 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 13 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
