⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 3
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their two
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
Reggie Jackson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:17 · DET 45-56 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 9:36 · DET 32-31 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses technical free throw
Q3 8:17 · DET 45-56 TOR
📊The numbers
| DET | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
