⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 34- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 3:13 · ORL 49-53 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 11:11 · ORL 54-61 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
