⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 20-12 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 3:10 · DET 44-35 BKN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q3 7:26 · DET 65-46 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 1:23 · DET 44-35 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q2 3:10 · DET 35-35 BKN
📊The numbers
| DET | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
