⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
-6Q119-25
+1Q220-19
-7Q317-25
0Q431-29
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 21-10 off them
Key battles
14Free throws made30
21Points off turnovers10
5Threes made2
14Turnovers24
🏀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
Richard Hamilton double technical foul
Q3 8:18 · DET 44-50 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:03 · DET 2-10 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
