⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 6:37 · LAL 20-10 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 7:52 · LAL 80-74 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 3:01 · LAL 46-46 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 3:30 · LAL 60-66 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:56 · LAL 59-57 DET
📊The numbers
| LAL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 76 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
