⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-10 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 33
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 5:24 · BKN 46-37 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q3 2:58 · BKN 81-63 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tayshaun Prince Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 7:05 · BKN 92-72 DET
📊The numbers
| BKN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
