⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter and never got it back.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their thirteen
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen
- Lost the glass, 28 rebounds to 45
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
- Ties it
Mehmet Okur made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · DET 88-88 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jon Barry missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 7:28 · DET 77-80 CLE
- Missed FT
Corliss Williamson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:33 · DET 84-86 CLE
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · DET 87-88 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ricky Davis missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 2:18 · DET 18-26 CLE
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Lost Ball. Stolen by Clifford Robinson .
Q4 2:38 · DET 83-86 CLE
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 2:09 · DET 84-86 CLE
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
