⏱️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
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 41
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Hamilton Technical Foul
Q1 4:11 · DET 13-4 TOR
- Missed FT
Tayshaun Prince missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 4:01 · DET 13-7 TOR
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 5:35 · DET 62-57 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 7:01 · DET 49-42 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Vince Carter Technical Foul
Q4 5:35 · DET 62-57 TOR
- Turnover
10 second
Q4 3:42 · DET 64-59 TOR
📊The numbers
| DET | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
