⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 26-14 off them- Made one threes to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 0:00 · TOR 57-40 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q4 9:07 · TOR 83-77 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Jon Barry Technical Foul
Q2 2:06 · TOR 44-36 DET
📊The numbers
| TOR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 9 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
