⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the first quarter- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
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 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:00 · DET 13-6 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q1 0:07 · DET 41-21 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q3 2:46 · DET 83-56 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 72 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
