⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 21-7 off them- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 1:30 · MEM 20-26 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 11:34 · MEM 57-79 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 10 | Assists | 20 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
