⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 33 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 11:10 · CHI 38-34 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 7:48 · CHI 71-58 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q1 6:22 · CHI 19-15 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 3:04 · CHI 24-28 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Andre Drummond flagrant foul type 1
Q2 2:05 · CHI 54-51 DET
📊The numbers
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
