⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 6:48 · DET 10-13 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 9:08 · DET 31-35 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paolo Banchero misses technical free throw
Q3 2:52 · DET 78-58 ORL
📊The numbers
| DET | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |