⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 27 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 eighteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 44
- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 14
- A 23-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 45 in the second quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 2:04 · CHI 16-32 DET
- 23-0 run
A 23-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 45
Q2 8:05 · CHI 22-67 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 38-point lead to 49
Q3 4:50 · CHI 52-101 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
