⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 4- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 5:41 · MEM 65-77 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rudy Gay misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:48 · MEM 99-107 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q1 1:27 · MEM 22-39 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · MEM 99-107 DET
📊The numbers
| MEM | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
