⏱️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
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 34
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
- Steal
Richard Hamilton stole it from Hakim Warrick
Q4 1:43 · DET 91-84 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:48 · DET 70-62 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 7:11 · DET 81-81 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:57 · DET 87-81 MEM
- Missed FT
Dahntay Jones misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:10 · DET 89-84 MEM
- Turnover
Hakim Warrick lost ball
Q4 1:43 · DET 91-84 MEM
📊The numbers
| DET | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
