⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 10:00 · DET 33-27 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 4:54 · DET 43-29 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Maurice Evans misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 8:21 · DET 77-56 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mark Blount flagrant foul type 1 (Maurice Evans draws the foul)
Q4 8:21 · DET 77-56 MIN
📊The numbers
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
