⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36
- A 15-0 run took them from 9 down to 6 up in the third quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4 in the second 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 17-point deficit to 4
Q2 5:22 · DET 38-42 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rodney Stuckey lost ball turnover
Q4 4:33 · DET 73-79 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 9 down to 6 up
Q3 2:25 · DET 65-71 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q4 6:43 · DET 73-87 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
