⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 0:29 · TOR 34-24 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jerryd Bayless flagrant foul type 1 (Greg Monroe draws the foul)
Q4 6:45 · TOR 89-71 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 10
Q4 7:41 · TOR 89-79 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 30 | Assists | 16 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
