⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chucky Atkins Technical Foul
Q2 10:38 · LAL 25-24 DET
- Missed FT
Corliss Williamson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:14 · LAL 89-81 DET
📊The numbers
| LAL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
