⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first 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
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 11
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
- Flagrant
Ben Gordon flagrant foul type 1 (Joakim Noah draws the foul)
Q4 5:33 · DET 71-82 CHI

Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joakim Noah misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q4 5:33 · DET 71-82 CHI
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 31 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |








