⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third 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 Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fifteen- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up in the third quarter
- They shot well above their usual, sixteen of 32 from three
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 8:38 · DET 14-8 ORL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q3 3:19 · DET 82-70 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jerami Grant misses technical free throw
Q1 9:05 · DET 4-8 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 8:14 · DET 55-62 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Mo Bamba technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:05 · DET 4-8 ORL
📊The numbers
| DET | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
