⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Made eleven threes to their seventeen
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
- Steal
Saddiq Bey stole it from Austin Reaves
Q4 1:39 · DET 111-119 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Saddiq Bey misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 3:49 · DET 108-114 LAL
- Turnover
Bojan Bogdanovic lost ball turnover
Q4 1:57 · DET 111-119 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 7:51 · DET 5-18 LAL
- Steal
Patrick Beverley stole it from Bojan Bogdanovic
Q4 1:57 · DET 111-119 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:35 · DET 108-114 LAL
- Missed FT
Patrick Beverley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:36 · DET 111-116 LAL
- Turnover
Austin Reaves bad pass
Q4 1:39 · DET 111-119 LAL
📊The numbers
| DET | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 28 | Assists | 31 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
