⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
+9Q132-21
+2Q235-28
+3Q323-18
-10Q410-18
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
11Fast break points5
9Steals4
9Turnovers17
28Assists16
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 9:53 · DET 12-2 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
