⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27 in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q3 3:06 · DET 79-93 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Stanley Johnson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:25 · DET 12-10 OKC

Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 5:18 · DET 15-26 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27
Q2 0:19 · DET 57-84 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Steven Adams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:51 · DET 66-91 OKC
📊The numbers
| DET | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 3 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 16 | Steals | 9 |
| 20 | Blocks | 20 |







