⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, ten of twenty from three
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the first quarter
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 4-point lead to 13
Q1 2:40 · DET 36-23 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 3:20 · DET 52-42 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 0:46 · DET 92-75 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:39 · DET 36-35 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Bonzi Wells technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:46 · DET 82-75 SAC
📊The numbers
| DET | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
