⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 31
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 14-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 0:48 · TOR 85-87 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q4 4:37 · TOR 101-107 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Donyell Marshall Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 6:46 · TOR 90-98 DET
- Missed FT
Matt Bonner missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:33 · TOR 101-107 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 9:48 · TOR 34-46 DET
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17
Q4 8:56 · TOR 90-107 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Wallace Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 8:40 · TOR 57-65 DET
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 1:39 · TOR 94-107 DET
📊The numbers
| TOR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 6 |
