⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three
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
Josh Smith technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:30 · DET 51-56 LAL
- Technical
Stan Van Gundy technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:37 · DET 52-61 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:26 · DET 8-13 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 4:11 · DET 36-39 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 9:07 · DET 52-68 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jeremy Lin misses technical free throw
Q3 8:30 · DET 51-56 LAL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant bad pass
Q4 4:22 · DET 86-94 LAL
- Missed FT
Jeremy Lin misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:19 · DET 96-104 LAL
📊The numbers
| DET | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
