⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 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 23 threes to their fifteen- Shot well above their usual, 23 of 46 from three
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
- Missed FT
Jalen Duren misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:40 · DET 103-111 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:55 · DET 20-29 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 8:06 · DET 95-105 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 15 | Threes made | 23 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 28 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
