⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 21
- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 40
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13 in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13
Q2 1:30 · DET 52-65 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:16 · DET 2-10 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q1 1:50 · DET 17-41 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 27 | Assists | 32 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
