⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fifteen- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 58
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
- Steal
Austin Daye stole it from Aaron Brooks
Q4 1:31 · DET 94-102 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Tracy McGrady technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:41 · DET 19-12 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 8:38 · DET 54-65 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 3:53 · DET 94-102 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Aaron Brooks bad pass
Q4 3:25 · DET 94-95 HOU
- Turnover
Aaron Brooks lost ball
Q4 1:31 · DET 94-102 HOU
📊The numbers
| DET | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
