⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 35 from three
- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 58
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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 7 down to 2 up
Q2 1:57 · DET 62-60 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 3:03 · DET 97-84 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 34 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
