⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
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
- Technical
Will Bynum technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 11:29 · DET 74-88 HOU
- Technical
Brandon Jennings technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 2:10 · DET 93-109 HOU
- Technical
Brandon Jennings technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 2:10 · DET 93-109 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 2:57 · DET 22-29 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 11:21 · DET 27-44 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Francisco Garcia misses technical free throw
Q4 11:29 · DET 74-88 HOU
📊The numbers
| DET | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 1 | Threes made | 9 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 33 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
