⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q2 3:03 · DET 39-60 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 6:20 · DET 9-21 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q1 3:18 · DET 13-35 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q3 8:11 · DET 49-76 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Brent Price Technical Foul
Q2 3:38 · DET 31-57 SAC
📊The numbers
| DET | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
