⏱️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
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 30
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their nine
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 3:13 · DET 58-48 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Reggie Jackson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:36 · DET 108-101 CLE
- Missed FT
Reggie Jackson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:32 · DET 108-101 CLE
- Missed FT
Reggie Jackson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:32 · DET 108-101 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 9:38 · DET 6-11 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jordan Clarkson flagrant foul type 1
Q2 0:30 · DET 56-48 CLE
- Technical
Tyronn Lue technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:20 · DET 108-101 CLE
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
