⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 45 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:07 · LAC 37-37 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Sam Cassell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:15 · LAC 45-55 DET
- Turnover
Chris Kaman bad pass
Q4 3:57 · LAC 88-96 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses technical free throw
Q2 0:15 · LAC 45-55 DET
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:54 · LAC 86-92 DET
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:54 · LAC 86-92 DET
📊The numbers
| LAC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
