⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 32- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 32
- Kept giving it away, 21 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 2:25 · GS 80-81 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Eric Paschall technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:44 · GS 22-22 DET
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:57 · GS 68-73 DET
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:57 · GS 68-74 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 7:28 · GS 66-73 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 7:25 · GS 86-99 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
