⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
-2Q127-30
+2Q226-24
-8Q323-33
-3Q421-24
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their eight- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 23-9 off them
Key battles
23Points off turnovers9
3Steals10
8Free throws made20
17Turnovers7
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 1:28 · ORL 78-87 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
