⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Grizzlies 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 9 down to 1 up
Q2 9:52 · DET 30-29 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 6:11 · DET 38-33 MEM
- Winner
Chauncey Billups made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:00 · DET 79-78 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 2:36 · DET 78-78 MEM
- Ties it
Pau Gasol made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:53 · DET 78-78 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
