⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 6- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 46
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Saddiq Bey misses technical free throw
Q2 8:47 · DET 42-39 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 10:30 · DET 65-72 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Terence Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:47 · DET 42-39 SAC
📊The numbers
| DET | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
