⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of twenty from three
Key battles
7Blocks3
45%Three-point accuracy30%
17Fast break points11
9Threes made6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 8:06 · DET 66-55 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 2:01 · DET 19-26 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
