⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 26-16 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 5:52 · DET 28-25 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 10:57 · DET 106-83 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Zaza Pachulia technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:23 · DET 112-89 DEN
- Technical
Jon Leuer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:19 · DET 129-101 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 2:46 · DET 31-36 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Juan Hernangomez misses technical free throw
Q4 1:19 · DET 129-101 DEN
📊The numbers
| DET | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 28 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
