⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 19-10 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 2:15 · DET 27-19 CLE
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q2 10:03 · DET 43-23 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q1 3:10 · DET 16-14 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Anderson Varejao flagrant foul type 2 (Rasheed Wallace draws the foul)
Q2 6:33 · DET 37-23 CLE
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
