⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 28- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 1:23 · DET 84-67 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups offensive foul (Stephon Marbury draws the foul)
Q4 3:47 · DET 91-86 NY
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:17 · DET 98-94 NY
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:17 · DET 98-94 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 6:18 · DET 89-84 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jackie Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:31 · DET 100-96 NY
- Missed FT
Jackie Butler misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:31 · DET 100-96 NY
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
