⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 seven threes to their one- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 35
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 8:23 · DET 13-11 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brandon Jennings misses technical free throw
Q3 5:43 · DET 63-73 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 5:31 · DET 17-23 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q2 2:40 · DET 47-61 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 5:52 · DET 88-102 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 6% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
