⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 10:15 · DET 49-71 BKN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35
Q3 3:09 · DET 59-94 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Andray Blatche technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 10:48 · DET 59-94 BKN
📊The numbers
| DET | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 1 | Threes made | 9 |
| 6% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
