⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
-9Q121-30
0Q224-24
-3Q321-23
-2Q422-26
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 51 free throws to their 28- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
11%Three-point accuracy30%
2Threes made7
2Blocks5
17Turnovers10
🏀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
- Technical
Tracy McGrady Technical Foul
Q2 4:56 · ORL 32-38 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jon Barry Technical Foul
Q2 3:15 · ORL 38-46 DET
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 13 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
