⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic 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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 4:22 · DET 42-37 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 11:47 · DET 58-41 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rasheed Wallace Offensive Foul. Wallace's 5th Personal Foul, Detroit's 1st Team Foul.
Q4 4:26 · DET 90-82 ORL
- Turnover
Rasheed Wallace Foul
Q4 4:26 · DET 90-82 ORL
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · DET 97-93 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 9:21 · DET 5-13 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 9:15 · DET 58-49 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Francis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · DET 97-93 ORL
- Turnover
Steve Francis Lost Ball. Stolen by Lindsey Hunter.
Q4 0:10 · DET 99-94 ORL
📊The numbers
| DET | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
