⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Knicks 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 6:52 · DET 58-43 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 1:54 · DET 69-48 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q4 6:56 · DET 83-55 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 0:44 · DET 20-25 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 3 | Threes made | 1 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
