⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two
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 from level to 8 points up
Q4 9:56 · DET 89-81 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 8:17 · DET 38-45 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:17 · DET 98-91 ORL
📊The numbers
| DET | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
