⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty
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
- Winner
Tayshaun Prince made Tip Shot.
Q4 2:30 · DET 80-79 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q4 4:26 · DET 84-79 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:08 · DET 92-86 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 1:15 · DET 71-73 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 2:56 · DET 78-79 CLE
- Turnover
Kevin Ollie Bad Pass
Q4 2:19 · DET 80-79 CLE
- Turnover
Ricky Davis Lost Ball. Stolen by Ben Wallace.
Q4 0:43 · DET 84-81 CLE
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
