⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-16 off them
- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- Lead
Damon Stoudamire hit a driving layup
2OT 4:47 · MEM 95-93 DET
- Lead
Damon Stoudamire hit a two point shot
2OT 3:17 · MEM 97-95 DET
- Ties it
Damon Stoudamire hit a 25-foot three jumper
2OT 0:04 · MEM 104-104 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damon Stoudamire bad pass
Q4 2:54 · MEM 79-80 DET
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
2OT 3:55 · MEM 95-95 DET
- Turnover
Pau Gasol lost ball
2OT 1:47 · MEM 97-98 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q1 2:45 · MEM 18-30 DET
- Go-ahead
Rasheed Wallace hit a 25-foot three jumper
2OT 2:56 · MEM 97-98 DET
- Go-ahead
Chauncey Billups hit a 24-foot three jumper, Ben Wallace with the assist
2OT 0:49 · MEM 99-101 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:17 · MEM 85-86 DET
- Turnover
Tayshaun Prince bad pass
OT 0:24 · MEM 91-93 DET
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
2OT 0:27 · MEM 99-101 DET
📊The numbers
| MEM | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 9 |
