⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 5:28 · DET 70-77 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 1:20 · DET 107-116 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 15 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
