⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 0- A 20-0 run took them from 5 down to 15 up in the third quarter
A 17-0 run took them from 13 down to 4 up in the second 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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 13 down to 4 up
Q2 11:30 · DET 29-25 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 11:33 · DET 50-40 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 4:46 · DET 8-19 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:25 · DET 50-48 LAL
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 5 down to 15 up
Q3 6:20 · DET 55-70 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
