⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth 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 Lakers did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter- Gave up second chances, twelve 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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 3:37 · DET 34-26 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 4:26 · DET 80-72 LAL
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17
Q4 6:54 · DET 104-87 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Isaiah Stewart and Montrezl Harrell
Q2 11:11 · DET 36-31 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope flagrant foul type 1
Q3 5:32 · DET 67-70 LAL
📊The numbers
| DET | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
