⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:18 · TOR 18-16 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 1:29 · TOR 79-67 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 4:18 · TOR 96-80 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jalen Rose Traveling
Q4 4:39 · TOR 87-80 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:36 · TOR 18-24 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rasheed Wallace Bad Pass. Stolen by Rafer Alston.
Q4 4:43 · TOR 87-80 DET
📊The numbers
| TOR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
