⏱️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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 25
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:30 · DET 68-64 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 1:13 · DET 84-76 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Blake Griffin misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:17 · DET 109-101 LAL
- Technical
Double technical foul - Blake Griffin and Julius Randle
Q4 0:38 · DET 112-105 LAL
- Turnover
Reggie Jackson lost ball turnover
Q4 0:17 · DET 112-106 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- Steal
Tyler Ennis stole it from Reggie Jackson
Q4 0:17 · DET 112-106 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Julius Randle out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:54 · DET 99-93 LAL
- Missed FT
Brook Lopez misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:42 · DET 99-93 LAL
- Turnover
Julius Randle out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:14 · DET 112-106 LAL
📊The numbers
| DET | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 2 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 26 | Blocks | 20 |
