⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 19 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 46
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 7:17 · DET 72-69 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:43 · DET 100-96 OKC
- Missed FT
Isaiah Stewart misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:53 · DET 111-103 OKC
- Turnover
Saddiq Bey lost ball turnover
Q4 0:24 · DET 111-103 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 8:48 · DET 35-49 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 2:25 · DET 44-60 OKC
- Steal
Kenrich Williams stole it from Saddiq Bey
Q4 0:24 · DET 111-103 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:00 · DET 47-62 OKC
📊The numbers
| DET | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 11 |
