⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses technical free throw
Q2 5:41 · CLE 32-37 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 9:44 · CLE 30-35 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:12 · CLE 76-83 DET
📊The numbers
| CLE | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
