⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 30
- A 15-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 4 in the third quarter
- Made ten 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 11:02 · DET 11-1 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 7:09 · DET 25-9 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 6:55 · DET 56-33 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q2 4:07 · DET 58-43 LAC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 4
Q3 2:19 · DET 87-83 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Doc Rivers technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:07 · DET 70-51 LAC
📊The numbers
| DET | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
