⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 9:44 · DET 8-6 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:54 · DET 16-8 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Chauncey Billups Technical Foul
Q3 5:41 · DET 62-46 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 22
Q4 1:37 · DET 108-86 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Lorenzen Wright Technical Foul
Q3 3:51 · DET 66-51 MEM
- Technical
Stromile Swift Technical Foul
Q3 1:28 · DET 75-53 MEM
📊The numbers
| DET | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
