⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of fourteen from three- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 10
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 10:19 · DET 40-31 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 3:11 · DET 65-42 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodney Stuckey misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:40 · DET 112-115 TOR
- Turnover
Tayshaun Prince bad pass
Q4 0:17 · DET 113-116 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:18 · DET 2-8 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 2:43 · DET 110-113 TOR
- Winner
Jerryd Bayless hit a 27-foot three jumper, Andrea Bargnani with the assist
Q4 1:21 · DET 110-113 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerryd Bayless misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · DET 113-115 TOR
📊The numbers
| DET | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 63% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
