⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 0:43 · DET 42-41 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 7:07 · DET 52-47 CLE
- Winner
Chauncey Billups hit a 26-foot three jumper, Tayshaun Prince with the assist
Q4 1:52 · DET 78-76 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups lost ball
Q4 0:39 · DET 78-76 CLE
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:02 · DET 79-76 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 1:16 · DET 56-59 CLE
- Go-ahead
Zydrunas Ilgauskas hit a 17-foot jumper, LeBron James with the assist
Q4 2:50 · DET 73-74 CLE
- Lead
Zydrunas Ilgauskas hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:08 · DET 75-76 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
