⏱️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
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Speedy Claxton misses technical free throw
Q4 7:43 · NO 75-80 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 8:55 · NO 53-57 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 0:58 · NO 64-74 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q4 6:09 · NO 79-92 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Carlos Arroyo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:43 · NO 75-80 DET
📊The numbers
| NO | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
