⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- They went cold, six of 23 from three
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 22-10 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 37
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 3:40 · DET 14-26 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q1 0:22 · DET 22-40 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 4:16 · DET 61-79 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
