⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 seventeen- Made three threes to their eleven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 3:53 · DET 22-20 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 8:43 · DET 37-33 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cade Cunningham lost ball turnover
Q4 4:31 · DET 101-103 CHI
- Missed FT
Jerami Grant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:18 · DET 105-110 CHI
- Turnover
Cory Joseph bad pass
Q4 0:46 · DET 105-112 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 10:43 · DET 28-33 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q4 7:58 · DET 99-103 CHI
- Steal
DeMar DeRozan stole it from Cory Joseph
Q4 0:46 · DET 105-112 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Vucevic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:23 · DET 30-33 CHI
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:36 · DET 104-109 CHI
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
