⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Went cold from three, six of 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:16 · SAC 51-50 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Malone technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:31 · SAC 43-49 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 1:38 · SAC 70-84 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
