⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of twenty from three
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
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 6 down to 4 up
Q2 6:39 · DET 45-41 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:18 · DET 9-14 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q4 2:44 · DET 111-102 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 5 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
