⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 8
- A 16-0 run took them from 5 down to 11 up in the fourth quarter
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 0:35 · DET 91-86 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Duren technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:54 · DET 91-99 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 2:37 · DET 25-29 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 10:57 · DET 31-39 DEN
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 5 down to 11 up
Q4 10:10 · DET 91-102 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
