⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the third 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q3 4:26 · DET 68-51 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 3:15 · DET 90-64 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rodney Stuckey double technical foul
Q1 0:25 · DET 19-14 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Erick Dampier flagrant foul type 1 (Tayshaun Prince draws the foul)
Q3 7:15 · DET 50-45 DAL
📊The numbers
| DET | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 30% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
