⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 37 from three
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 22
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 64
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cade Cunningham out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 3:57 · DET 114-107 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 9:40 · DET 27-48 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 11:18 · DET 90-93 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Donovan Mitchell lost ball turnover
Q4 3:48 · DET 114-107 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DET | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
