⏱️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 Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 6- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
27Fast break points6
7Points off turnovers18
10Steals15
9Threes made13
🏀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 took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 10:03 · DET 71-65 CLE
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q4 5:22 · DET 122-106 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 4:14 · DET 111-104 CLE
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Steals | 15 |
| 27 | Blocks | 22 |
