⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 15 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
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 39 from three- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 39
- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen
A 16-0 run took them from 15 down to 1 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 15 down to 1 up
Q2 9:39 · HOU 45-44 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 6:06 · HOU 19-30 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 0:57 · HOU 29-44 DET
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 8:19 · HOU 64-79 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
