⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first 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 Knicks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 2:53 · DET 25-14 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q3 10:47 · DET 73-46 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Paul Reed and Mitchell Robinson
Q3 6:20 · DET 76-50 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
