⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 42
Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 40
Made ten threes to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 7:27 · GS 81-90 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q4 8:09 · GS 114-117 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul
Q2 8:44 · GS 43-54 DET
- Missed FT
Buddy Hield misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:13 · GS 124-129 DET
- Missed FT
Buddy Hield misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:13 · GS 124-129 DET

Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 1:45 · GS 34-45 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cade Cunningham misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:02 · GS 124-129 DET
- Missed FT
Jalen Duren misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · GS 124-129 DET
- Missed FT
Jalen Duren misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:24 · GS 124-129 DET
📊The numbers
| GS | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 31 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |








