⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen- A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
- Lost the glass, 44 rebounds to 54
Key battles
1Steals9
5Fast break points15
17Turnovers8
12Offensive rebounds8
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 11:44 · OKC 28-21 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q2 1:57 · OKC 52-53 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 9:04 · OKC 30-32 DET
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 3 down to 14 up
Q2 6:39 · OKC 35-49 DET
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q3 8:45 · OKC 56-76 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
