⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 7:24 · DET 9-15 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:49 · DET 23-36 LAL
📊The numbers
| DET | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 15 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
