⏱️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
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first 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 Jazz did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 3:57 · DET 16-9 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q3 0:27 · DET 72-47 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Hamilton Double Technical Foul. Raja Bell gains possession.
Q2 9:34 · DET 21-15 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
