⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws 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.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Julius Randle turnover
Q4 4:54 · LAL 80-74 DET
- Missed FT
Jordan Clarkson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:59 · LAL 89-81 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 5:33 · LAL 42-38 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
5 sec inbound turnover
Q4 4:39 · LAL 80-74 DET
- Technical
Andre Drummond technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 2:20 · LAL 87-77 DET
📊The numbers
| LAL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
