⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 32-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
- Lost the glass, 27 rebounds to 38
A 13-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 7 in the third 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 7
Q3 5:48 · DET 57-64 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 8:26 · DET 5-12 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 5:41 · DET 74-95 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
