⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 21- Won the glass, 39 rebounds to 28
- Made two threes to their eight
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
- Missed FT
Rodney Stuckey misses technical free throw
Q2 8:18 · DET 27-28 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q2 9:07 · DET 27-34 ORL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Howard offensive foul (Rodney Stuckey draws the foul)
Q4 2:46 · DET 83-75 ORL
- Turnover
Dwight Howard turnover
Q4 2:46 · DET 83-75 ORL
📊The numbers
| DET | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
