⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 7:18 · DET 18-8 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses technical free throw
Q4 11:26 · DET 73-59 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Andrew Bynum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:26 · DET 73-59 LAL
📊The numbers
| DET | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 28 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
