⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 29- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 2:06 · DET 23-14 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q3 9:52 · DET 49-31 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kerry Kittles Technical Foul
Q4 11:30 · DET 57-39 BKN
📊The numbers
| DET | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 27% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
