⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ BKN 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 Nets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 27 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 10:23 · DET 31-28 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 5:10 · DET 86-88 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Saddiq Bey offensive foul
Q4 0:43 · DET 89-92 BKN
- Turnover
Saddiq Bey turnover
Q4 0:43 · DET 89-92 BKN
- Missed FT
Kelly Olynyk misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:12 · DET 89-94 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 0:07 · DET 39-47 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
