⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 11
Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 2:45 · TOR 32-24 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 9:17 · TOR 82-62 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:03 · TOR 125-107 DET

Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bruce Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:14 · TOR 113-92 DET
📊The numbers
| TOR | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 13 | Threes made | 14 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 30 | Assists | 30 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |








