⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 21 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 25-15 off them
- A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4 in the second quarter
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 4-point lead to 12
Q1 7:26 · DET 17-5 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 9:43 · DET 63-52 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Blake Griffin bad pass
Q4 4:49 · DET 88-91 UTAH
- Turnover
Bruce Brown bad pass
Q4 4:30 · DET 88-94 UTAH
- Turnover
Reggie Jackson bad pass
Q4 0:07 · DET 105-108 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 4
Q2 8:38 · DET 38-34 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 8:42 · DET 86-89 UTAH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 5:07 · DET 88-99 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
