⏱️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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their twelve- Made nine threes to their seventeen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 7:58 · DET 67-57 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:01 · DET 59-53 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:05 · DET 3-8 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 9:29 · DET 31-32 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 3:31 · DET 48-47 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joe Harris offensive foul
Q4 2:34 · DET 104-99 BKN
- Turnover
Joe Harris turnover
Q4 2:34 · DET 104-99 BKN
- Missed FT
Joe Harris misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:08 · DET 107-101 BKN
📊The numbers
| DET | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 3 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 7 | Steals | 19 |
| 12 | Blocks | 20 |
