⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mikki Moore technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 6:56 · BKN 55-72 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 9:14 · BKN 33-45 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 6:13 · BKN 78-109 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 33 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
