⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marc Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:49 · NO 51-68 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q1 0:33 · NO 19-35 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 8:51 · NO 23-44 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q4 6:39 · NO 63-88 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 13 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
