⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q3 10:50 · DET 74-69 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 10:57 · DET 109-87 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:12 · DET 0-10 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 17 | Threes made | 16 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
