⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 29-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmy Jackson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 9:51 · HOU 0-4 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:48 · HOU 0-8 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 10:19 · HOU 20-34 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 3:40 · HOU 70-93 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Antonio McDyess Technical Foul
Q1 9:51 · HOU 0-4 DET
📊The numbers
| HOU | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
