⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their one- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 16-4 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 6:26 · NY 8-20 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 7:00 · NY 43-66 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 1 | Threes made | 12 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 13 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
