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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 34 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 103 |
 Pistons | 21 | 26 | 34 | 21 | 102 |
HOUTeam statsDET| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 37-9538.9% | 14-4134.1% | 15-2075.0% | 51 | 24 | 14 |
| DET | 31-8237.8% | 15-3246.9% | 25-3767.6% | 55 | 17 | 19 |
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Houston Rockets103| 36 | 20 | 6-15 | 1-6 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −5.2 | |||||
| 35 | 13 | 4-16 | 1-6 | 4-6 | 0 | +1 | −10.0 | |||||||
| 33 | 15 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | −14 | +2.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 5 | 2-16 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | −11.8 | |||||||
| 32 | 13 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | +6 | +2.7 | ||||||||
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| 26 | 14 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 21 | 13 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-1 | +12 | +6.7 | |||||||
| 17 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | +17 | +2.7 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.7 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.6 | |
| Team | 103 | 37-9538.9% | 14-4134.1% | 51 | 24 | 14 | 28 | 15-2075.0% | 14 | 7 | 11 | |||
Bench 37 points on 15 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Brodric Thomas and Rodions Kurucs (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons102| 35 | 21 | 4-15 | 3-6 | 10-13 | 0 | +14 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 18 | 6-11 | 6-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +1.0 | |||||
| 29 | 7 | 2-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −6.2 | ||||||
| 28 | 18 | 8-14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | +5.6 | |||||||
| 20 | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | −1.8 | |||||||
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| 31 | 12 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 5-9 | 0 | −6.3 | ||||||||
| 23 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +3 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 20 | 9 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −6.0 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.1 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 102 | 31-8237.8% | 15-3246.9% | 55 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 25-3767.6% | 14 | 5 | 8 | |||
Bench 32 points on 10 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Jahlil Okafor, Rodney McGruder, Saben Lee and Frank Jackson (coach’s decision).
Rockets103Pistons102ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
The Houston Rockets beat the Detroit Pistons 103-102.
Sterling Brown’s putback put the Rockets ahead for good with 8:05 left in the fourth quarter.
Blake Griffin’s pull-up 3-pointer made it 103-102 with 29.9 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Pistons outscored the Rockets 10-8. Jerami Grant scored 5 of the Pistons’ 10 on 2 for 3 shooting and 0 for 1 at the line.
Eric Gordon scored 20 points (10 in the paint), and David Nwaba added 13 points (12 in the paint) off the bench. The Rockets had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Pistons, Grant had 21 points and 8 rebounds but shot 4 for 15, and Delon Wright added 18 points and 3 steals.
The Pistons turned it over 19 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Rockets outscored the Pistons 17-5 in 5 minutes with Gordon, McLemore, Nwaba, Brown and Tate on the floor together. Mason Plumlee and Josh Jackson fouled out.
Houston RocketsDetroit PistonsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
88 points from the field on 95 shots: 22.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-43 | 44.2% | 64% |
| In the paint | 2-6 | 33.3% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 2-5 | 40.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 8-16 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-25 | 24.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Ellington | 27 | 6 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Derrick Rose | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Jerami Grant | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Josh Jackson | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 14 | 5-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Griffin | 27 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Jerami Grant | 17 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Wayne Ellington | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Delon Wright | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 3 | 1-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 6 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Ellington | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Saddiq Bey | 11 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jerami Grant | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Sekou Doumbouya | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 50 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DET win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Griffin 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS)
Q4 0:30
24.5%
5→30
Gordon 1' Driving Layup (19 PTS)
Q4 1:08
16.3%
29→13
Grant 24' 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Plumlee 4 AST)
Q4 1:49
16.1%
13→30
Stewart Tip Layup Shot (7 PTS)
Q4 8:42
14.6%
40→55
J. Jackson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Grant 3 AST)
Q4 4:16
13.7%
20→34
