⏱️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
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 22 from three- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 48
A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up in the second 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antonio McDyess misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:11 · DET 90-83 NY
- Turnover
Rasheed Wallace bad pass
Q4 1:40 · DET 98-92 NY
- Turnover
Antonio McDyess turnover
Q4 1:01 · DET 98-93 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up
Q2 9:14 · DET 36-41 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q3 0:20 · DET 84-78 NY
- Steal
Steve Francis with the steal
Q4 1:01 · DET 98-93 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Renaldo Balkman bad pass
Q4 4:26 · DET 89-83 NY
- Missed FT
Eddy Curry misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:35 · DET 98-93 NY
- Missed FT
Eddy Curry misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · DET 100-93 NY
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
