⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their six- They went cold, six of 28 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 2
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 0:53 · GS 39-30 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 2:55 · GS 98-75 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 7:28 · GS 115-92 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:22 · GS 41-41 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 6 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 39 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
