⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 7
- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the second quarter
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:44 · DET 34-26 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Maxiell double technical foul
Q2 1:28 · DET 55-61 GS
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 0:25 · DET 55-57 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q2 1:13 · DET 55-65 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 8:55 · DET 59-75 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
