⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty- A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25
Q2 2:41 · OKC 33-58 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 11 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
