⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 29
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 29-12 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 10:22 · DET 60-48 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 1:23 · DET 81-64 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:08 · DET 21-20 NO
- Turnover
Ben Wallace turnover
Q4 2:31 · DET 92-85 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q4 7:13 · DET 87-81 NO
- Steal
David West with the steal
Q4 2:31 · DET 92-85 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
