⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 29 from three
- Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their nine
- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 3:57 · SAC 85-98 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:53 · SAC 2-9 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 11:07 · SAC 68-83 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 3 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 21 | Blocks | 11 |
