⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 34- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
A 13-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 8 in the fourth quarter
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 6:04 · DET 23-13 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 3:47 · DET 54-38 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Hamidou Diallo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:42 · DET 54-38 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 2:30 · DET 28-25 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q3 5:51 · DET 69-60 TOR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 8
Q4 9:18 · DET 91-83 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Fred VanVleet misses technical free throw
Q2 1:42 · DET 54-38 TOR
📊The numbers
| DET | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
