⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 64 rebounds to 44- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven
- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 25
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 cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 5:48 · DET 34-36 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 3:56 · DET 72-70 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ausar Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:37 · DET 91-95 MEM
- Turnover
Cade Cunningham lost ball turnover
Q4 0:20 · DET 100-105 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 10:26 · DET 4-12 MEM
- Steal
Jaylen Wells stole it from Cade Cunningham
Q4 0:20 · DET 100-105 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Santi Aldama misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 3:56 · DET 91-93 MEM
- Missed FT
Scotty Pippen Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · DET 98-104 MEM
- Turnover
5 second violation
Q4 0:25 · DET 100-105 MEM
📊The numbers
| DET | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
