⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 28-9 off them- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 40
- A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 25
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 2:23 · LAL 114-117 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Davis technical foul
Q4 7:51 · LAL 98-108 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q1 1:34 · LAL 32-38 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jaden Ivey traveling
Q4 1:24 · LAL 112-117 DET
📊The numbers
| LAL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
