⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 27- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 7:13 · BKN 15-8 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 3:01 · BKN 28-17 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 6:41 · BKN 92-74 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 6:11 · BKN 38-36 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Wallace Technical Foul
Q3 1:07 · BKN 72-62 DET
📊The numbers
| BKN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
