⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 6
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 1:31 · DET 101-80 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q2 11:20 · DET 31-37 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 4:25 · DET 119-117 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:02 · DET 122-117 CLE
- Missed FT
Donovan Mitchell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:02 · DET 122-117 CLE
- Missed FT
Isaac Okoro misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:25 · DET 124-118 CLE
📊The numbers
| DET | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
