⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 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, 46 rebounds to 30- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 26-11 off them
- Owned the paint, 80 points inside to 32
- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the second quarter
- Made six threes to their seventeen
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:20 · BKN 8-3 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 11:26 · BKN 31-35 DET
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q2 1:47 · BKN 55-64 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 9:49 · BKN 57-72 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Isaiah Stewart flagrant foul type 1
Q1 8:09 · BKN 17-9 DET
📊The numbers
| BKN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 17 | Threes made | 6 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 32 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 80 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
