⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 50
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 5:33 · LAL 57-56 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:45 · LAL 76-75 DET
- Technical
Patrick Beverley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:43 · LAL 82-76 DET
- Flagrant
Thomas Bryant flagrant foul type 1
Q4 8:22 · LAL 104-99 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 4:10 · LAL 23-31 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bojan Bogdanovic misses technical free throw
Q2 4:15 · LAL 53-56 DET
- Flagrant
Alec Burks flagrant foul type 1
Q3 2:58 · LAL 90-86 DET
📊The numbers
| LAL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 35 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
