⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 30 from three- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen
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 3 down to 6 up
Q1 9:54 · DET 11-5 TOR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q1 0:01 · DET 46-27 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 5:38 · DET 87-65 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Fred VanVleet technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:44 · DET 49-35 TOR
📊The numbers
| DET | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
