⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of fifteen from three- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 23-14 off them
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 took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 2:05 · DET 57-51 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette misses technical free throw
Q2 6:48 · DET 35-36 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Wesley Matthews technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 3:19 · DET 99-87 POR
📊The numbers
| DET | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
