Game Notes For Friday @ Motown
* The Bulls have won three straight regular season meetings between the teams, including 97-93 victory in Chicago on November 8 of this season.
* The Pistons have won five straight games heading into tonight’s contest, with each of those victories coming by at least 10 points.
* Detroit is averaging 108.2 points over its last five games while hitting 51.6% of its attempts from the field.
* Chicago has won three of its last four contests after starting the season with 10 losses in it first 12 games.
* Luol Deng has scored over 20 points in four of his last five games, averaging 22.6 points in those contests. Deng had missed the previous three games with a lower back injury.
* Chauncey Billups is shooting .432 from three-point range this season, compared to just .257 on the road. Billups was just 1-for-9 from three in the Pistons’ win at New Orleans on Wednesday.