⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 22-7 off them
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 9:34 · TOR 43-30 DET
- Go-ahead
Jonas Valanciunas hit a 2-foot two point shot
Q4 2:38 · TOR 106-105 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Terrence Ross technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:18 · TOR 68-67 DET
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry lost ball turnover
Q4 3:49 · TOR 102-100 DET
- Turnover
Kyle Lowry lost ball turnover
Q4 0:00 · TOR 111-114 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 8:33 · TOR 68-66 DET
- Go-ahead
Brandon Jennings hit a 26-foot three jumper, Jonas Jerebko with the assist
Q4 2:58 · TOR 104-105 DET
- Winner
Jonas Jerebko hit a 20-foot jumper, Brandon Jennings with the assist
Q4 1:54 · TOR 106-107 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
