⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower 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, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- They went cold, four of 25 from three
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:33 · DET 12-6 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 10:12 · DET 69-86 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 14 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
