⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 24- A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 10:10 · BKN 11-7 DET
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q2 6:04 · BKN 52-32 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 31
Q4 9:05 · BKN 100-69 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Allen Crabbe misses technical free throw
Q3 11:30 · BKN 61-35 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 11:30 · BKN 61-35 DET
📊The numbers
| BKN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 28% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
