⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 25-7 off them- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 32
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the third quarter
- Made eight threes to their fifteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 1:07 · DET 34-31 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 0:49 · DET 70-61 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q3 8:08 · DET 87-73 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodney Stuckey misses technical free throw
Q4 5:07 · DET 110-102 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Timofey Mozgov technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:07 · DET 110-102 DEN
- Turnover
J.J. Hickson bad pass
Q4 4:52 · DET 110-102 DEN
📊The numbers
| DET | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
