⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 6:13 · DET 20-12 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 10:03 · DET 34-23 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 6:37 · DET 45-27 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eric Piatkowski missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 6:18 · DET 38-27 LAC
📊The numbers
| DET | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
