⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q2 5:31 · LAL 62-40 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Taurean Prince technical foul
Q3 1:23 · LAL 97-79 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Evan Fournier misses technical free throw
Q3 1:23 · LAL 97-79 DET
📊The numbers
| LAL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 32 | Assists | 30 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
