⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 4:43 · POR 68-81 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:37 · POR 7-12 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 0:35 · POR 29-51 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 13 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
