Detroit Pistons 126, Chicago Bulls 110 — Recap

February 21, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Detroit Pistons 126, Chicago Bulls 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DET 28-30 CHI; Q2 DET 25-20 CHI; Q3 DET 44-26 CHI; Q4 DET 29-34 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Josh Giddey (CHI) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Jalen Duren (DET) 26 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists on 12-of-20 shooting; Cade Cunningham (DET) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Tobias Harris (DET) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Duncan Robinson (DET) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Josh Giddey

27 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · DET

Jalen Duren

26 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST · 12-20 FG

Scoring · DET

Cade Cunningham

18 PTS, 9 REB, 13 AST, 3 3PM · 7-16 FG

Season highs

Guerschon Yabusele · Season-high 8 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DET 28 largest lead Q4 7:16 (DET 111, CHI 83) · 10-0 run, Q4 8:59–Q4 7:16

CHI 4 largest lead Q1 5:29 (DET 17, CHI 21) · 9-0 run, Q4 4:33–Q4 3:17

Swings 8 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Paul Reed makes layup (Cade Cunningham assists) (Q2 7:06, DET 39, CHI 37).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DET	28	25	44	29		126
CHI	30	20	26	34		110

🧮 How They Scored

DETCHI

68Points in the paint38

20Fast-break points16

26Second-chance points16

28Points off turnovers19

39Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.8%Effective FG%55.4%

11.1%Turnover %19.6%

26.5%Offensive rebound %17.8%

0.143Free-throw rate0.286

Box Score

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ausar Thompson G-F	32	8	3	8	3	0	2	4-12	0-1	0-0	+21
Tobias Harris F	30	18	6	1	4	0	1	8-14	2-5	0-0	+3
Cade Cunningham G-F	30	18	9	13	1	3	1	7-16	3-6	1-1	+28
Jalen Duren C	29	26	13	2	1	0	0	12-20	0-0	2-5	+22
Duncan Robinson F	24	17	3	2	0	0	1	5-12	5-10	2-2	+11
Daniss Jenkins G	21	3	0	2	0	0	1	1-6	1-2	0-0	-12
Paul Reed F	19	15	9	0	1	1	1	7-11	0-0	1-1	-6
Caris LeVert G	18	7	0	2	0	2	2	2-7	1-2	2-3	+5
Ronald Holland II F	17	9	4	2	2	0	4	3-5	0-2	3-3	+5
Javonte Green G-F	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Marcus Sasser G	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-2

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaac Okoro F-G	34	15	3	3	1	1	1	5-12	3-6	2-2	-18
Matas Buzelis F	30	15	6	3	2	6	4	5-10	2-7	3-4	-19
Josh Giddey G	27	27	6	3	0	1	5	10-16	5-8	2-5	-7
Tre Jones G	26	7	2	6	2	0	1	3-7	0-1	1-1	-2
Jalen Smith F-C	25	15	7	2	0	3	1	5-6	3-4	2-3	-3
Guerschon Yabusele F	24	12	9	8	0	1	3	3-7	2-4	4-5	-13
Nick Richards C	19	5	5	0	0	1	5	2-6	0-2	1-2	-12
Patrick Williams F	16	6	1	1	2	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	-10
Collin Sexton G	15	2	2	1	2	0	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	+3
Anfernee Simons G	13	4	2	0	0	0	1	2-6	0-1	0-0	+3
Rob Dillingham G	8	2	1	1	1	0	1	0-3	0-1	2-2	-4
Leonard Miller F	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Duren	Starter	29	26	58.6	27.8	+32.3	17.6
Tobias Harris	Starter	30	18	64.3	18.5	+6.3	14.3
Cade Cunningham	Starter	30	18	54.7	21.3	+39.2	19.6
Duncan Robinson	Starter	24	17	66.0	22.2	+26.2	6.7
Ausar Thompson	Starter	32	8	33.3	16.1	+30.9	6.5
Paul Reed	Bench	19	15	65.6	25.0	-11.7	20.9
Ronald Holland II	Bench	17	9	71.2	24.4	+15.8	10.6
Caris LeVert	Bench	18	7	42.1	21.7	+15.5	2.9
Marcus Sasser	Bench	03	3	150.0	28.6	-33.3	11.8
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	21	3	25.0	12.3	-19.2	-6.0
Javonte Green	Bench	17	2	100.0	2.4	+16.1	7.5
Kevin Huerter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tolu Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chaz Lanier	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Josh Giddey	Starter	27	27	74.2	34.3	-11.9	14.1
Isaac Okoro	Starter	34	15	58.2	16.9	-21.2	6.5
Jalen Smith	Starter	25	15	102.5	12.9	-11.3	15.9
Matas Buzelis	Starter	30	15	63.8	21.1	-27.5	10.1
Guerschon Yabusele	Starter	24	12	65.2	19.4	-26.8	13.9
Tre Jones	Bench	26	7	47.0	12.5	-7.0	10.8
Patrick Williams	Bench	16	6	60.0	12.2	-26.3	8.8
Nick Richards	Bench	19	5	36.3	25.0	-25.7	-5.1
Anfernee Simons	Bench	13	4	33.3	21.9	+7.6	0.0
Collin Sexton	Bench	15	2	20.0	15.0	+5.7	2.3
Rob Dillingham	Bench	08	2	25.8	21.7	-21.1	2.7
Leonard Miller	Bench	03	0	0.0	14.3	+33.3	0.0