⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 30
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 28-17 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 5:18 · DET 95-105 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:07 · DET 8-12 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 9:15 · DET 34-47 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 0:29 · DET 100-110 LAC
📊The numbers
| DET | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
