⏱️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
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 21 from three- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
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 9-point lead to 17
Q3 0:03 · DET 76-59 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 5:43 · DET 15-11 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 0:14 · DET 31-29 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Nazr Mohammed Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 6:54 · DET 63-47 NY
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
