⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Drew Gooden flagrant foul type 1 (Jason Maxiell draws the foul)
Q2 2:49 · CLE 37-38 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 4:56 · CLE 16-19 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Dale Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:30 · CLE 29-28 DET
- Missed FT
Jason Maxiell misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 2:49 · CLE 37-38 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
