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Chicago Bulls at Detroit Pistons

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21-29, 12-13 Away
Final
119 - 127

25-24, 12-11 Home

Cade Cunningham's 22 points and 15 assists lead Pistons over Bulls 127-119

Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons: Game Highlights

The Pistons overcame a triple-double from Nikola Vucevic, who finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

Cunningham, named to his first All-Star team earlier this week, didn't have his best shooting night, going 10 for 23 from the floor and 2 for 6 on 3-pointers, but created easy baskets for his teammates all game.

Jalen Duren added 21 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit, while sixth-man Malik Beasley scored 19. The Pistons finished with seven players in double figures.

Coby White led Chicago with 22 points, while Josh Giddey added 20 points and 11 rebounds.

A 3-pointer by Vucevic pulled the Bulls within 111-104 with 6:13 to play, but Chicago couldn't string together enough stops to make a serious run. Cunningham set up dunks for Ausar Thompson and Duren followed by Tim Hardaway Jr. and Beasley hitting 3-pointers.

Takeaways Bulls: Zach LaVine missed his third straight game for personal reasons.

Pistons: Isaiah Stewart returned for the Pistons after serving a one-game suspension in Thursday's win over the Dallas Mavericks.

Key moment The Pistons outscored Chicago 34-19 in the second quarter, shooting 51.9% (14-27) from the floor while the Bulls were at 31.6% (6-19). Simone Fontecchio had nine points in the period while Cunningham added seven. Josh Giddey had six for Chicago.

Key stat The Pistons made 13 of their first 19 shots in the fourth quarter (68.4%) before missing twice in garbage time. Chicago shot 46.9% from the floor in the second half, including 37% from the 3-point line, but only outscored Detroit 65-63.

Up next The Pistons are home again on Monday, hosting the Atlanta Hawks, while Chicago returns home to host the Miami Heat on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Matchup Prediction

Pistons: 68.5%
Bulls: 31.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 119 - 127
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 119 - 127
4th 7.1 Malik Beasley out of bounds bad pass turnover 119 - 127
4th 14.1 Matas Buzelis makes two point shot 119 - 127
4th 18.1 Matas Buzelis defensive rebound 117 - 127

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/chi.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCHI https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/det.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originDET
41-89 FG 54-99
46.1 Field Goal % 54.5
19-52 3PT 10-30
36.5 Three Point % 33.3
18-20 FT 9-13
90.0 Free Throw % 69.2
44 Rebounds 42
11 Offensive Rebounds 8
33 Defensive Rebounds 34
28 Assists 38
7 Steals 14
4 Blocks 5
19 Turnovers 11
1 Team Turnovers 0
20 Total Turnovers 11
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
26 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 14
25 Fast Break Points 22
44 Points in Paint 80
11 Fouls 18
6 Largest Lead 17

Game Information

Little Caesars Arena

Location: Detroit, MI
Attendance: 20,062 · Capacity:

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 48 10 .828 - W8
Indiana 32 24 .571 15 L1
Milwaukee 32 25 .561 15.5 L1
Detroit 32 26 .552 16 W7
Chicago 23 35 .397 25 W1
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