⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 33
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1 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.
Magic
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1
Q3 8:34 · ORL 60-61 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 2:50 · ORL 72-67 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q4 10:00 · ORL 74-79 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Chucky Atkins Technical Foul
Q4 9:25 · ORL 74-74 DET
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
