⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- They went cold, one of five from three
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 0:36 · ORL 26-20 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 11:17 · ORL 54-72 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 1 | Threes made | 10 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 10 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
