⏱️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
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth 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 Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-11 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24 in the third quarter
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:07 · DET 10-2 ORL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 24
Q3 6:39 · DET 73-49 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 11:33 · DET 81-55 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Wallace Double Technical Foul. Andrew DeClercq gains possession.
Q4 9:22 · DET 80-55 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q2 6:01 · DET 41-28 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Pat Garrity Technical Foul
Q4 9:22 · DET 80-55 ORL
📊The numbers
| DET | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
