⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:41 · DET 10-0 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 3:29 · DET 79-69 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 8:00 · DET 100-87 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 3 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 14 | Steals | 17 |
| 19 | Blocks | 23 |
