⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 11:26 · BKN 18-27 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 0:45 · BKN 59-71 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul. Wallace's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 6:52 · BKN 47-53 DET
📊The numbers
| BKN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 15 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
