⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 41
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:56 · DET 82-75 OKC
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:56 · DET 82-75 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 9:49 · DET 28-31 OKC
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Ray Allen defensive goaltending
Q4 4:56 · DET 82-75 OKC
📊The numbers
| DET | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
