⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 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 worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their two- They went cold, two of 29 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 14 fast break points to 2
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their six, and outscored them 25-6 off them
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 2:59 · CHI 25-17 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 14 |
| 7% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
