⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 36-10 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 42
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 1:42 · DET 55-68 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Vucevic technical foul
Q4 2:19 · DET 97-123 CHI
- Technical
Dalen Terry technical foul
Q4 1:51 · DET 98-125 CHI
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 36 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 14 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
