⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first 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 Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 35
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 19-point lead to 27
Q3 8:30 · DET 72-45 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q3 0:21 · DET 91-62 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
