⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 27- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 10:01 · BKN 36-34 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:52 · BKN 44-37 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Nic Claxton technical foul
Q4 9:13 · BKN 82-89 DET
- Missed FT
Nic Claxton misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 9:13 · BKN 82-90 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 1:27 · BKN 77-86 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Isaiah Stewart flagrant foul type 1
Q4 9:13 · BKN 82-89 DET
📊The numbers
| BKN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 27 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
