⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 38 from three
- Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their twenty
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 33-16 off them
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 48
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:44 · DET 11-2 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 6:07 · DET 51-38 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 3:09 · DET 117-96 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Blake Griffin misses technical free throw
Q2 7:32 · DET 39-33 PHI
- Technical
Josh Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:06 · DET 99-85 PHI
- Flagrant
Josh Jackson flagrant foul type 1
Q4 7:33 · DET 99-85 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 10:37 · DET 67-58 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 6:13 · DET 76-69 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Doc Rivers technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:32 · DET 38-33 PHI
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:32 · DET 38-33 PHI
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:06 · DET 99-85 PHI
📊The numbers
| DET | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 15 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
