⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAL 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 Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 41- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their five
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 22
A 14-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 11 in the fourth 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 11
Q4 4:48 · DET 86-97 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:01 · DET 7-11 LAL
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 7:01 · DET 7-11 LAL
- Flagrant
Austin Daye flagrant foul type 1 (Pau Gasol draws the foul)
Q2 0:14 · DET 45-57 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 10:07 · DET 2-11 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 1:28 · DET 45-66 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
