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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 27 | 32 | 24 | 34 | 117 |
 Pistons | 37 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 114 |
HOUTeam statsDET| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 44-9247.8% | 8-2729.6% | 21-2777.8% | 48 | 20 | 17 |
| DET | 38-8345.8% | 14-3836.8% | 24-3177.4% | 35 | 23 | 16 |
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Houston Rockets117| 34 | 7 | 2-12 | 0-3 | 0 | 3-4 | +9 | −3.1 | |||||||
| 34 | 24 | 8-17 | 1-8 | 0 | 0 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.3 | ||||
| 31 | 16 | 7-15 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | +11 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 27 | 9 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −4.7 | |||||
| 27 | 15 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3.0 | |||||||
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| 20 | 13 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −1.8 | ||||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +3.5 | |||||
| 16 | 7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 16 | 11 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.9 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +0.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.2 | |||
| Team | 117 | 44-9247.8% | 8-2729.6% | 48 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 21-2777.8% | 16 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 46 points on 18 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Alperen Sengun (injury/illness); Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons114| 37 | 18 | 6-17 | 1-6 | 5-6 | 0 | −5 | −5.4 | |||||||
| 28 | 16 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 6-8 | −7 | −1.1 | ||||||||
| 27 | 21 | 6-12 | 6-11 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +2.6 | |||||
| 27 | 10 | 4-11 | 1-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −5.2 | |||||
| 24 | 9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | −3 | +2.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −5.1 | ||||
| 24 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −3.7 | |||||
| 20 | 15 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0 | +16 | +4.5 | |||||||
| 7 | 6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +2.6 | |||
| Team | 114 | 38-8345.8% | 14-3836.8% | 35 | 23 | 16 | 25 | 24-3177.4% | 8 | 10 | 5 | |||
Bench 40 points on 15 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Nerlens Noel and Rodney McGruder (coach’s decision).
Rockets117Pistons114ClickTap 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.
KJ Martin had 15 points (14 in the paint) and 13 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets beat the Detroit Pistons 117-114.
Martin’s tip-in answered Alec Burks’ corner 3-pointer and put the Rockets back ahead for good with 31 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Pistons had the ball down 1 with 31 seconds left, but Jabari Smith Jr. blocked Burks’ layup. It would have put the Pistons ahead. They had the ball down 3, but Jaden Ivey missed a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Pistons 17-13. Eric Gordon scored 6 of the Rockets’ 17 on 1 for 3 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Gordon had 4 of his 7 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Martin that put the Rockets ahead. With 2:25 left, Gordon stole the ball from Ivey, and his layup off it put the Rockets ahead 109-108.
Gordon had 24 points and 7 assists.
For the Pistons, Burks scored 21 points (10 in the fourth quarter) with 6 3-pointers, and Saddiq Bey went 1 for 7 from 3. Hamidou Diallo had 15 points and 5 steals off the bench.
The Pistons gave up 16 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Rockets missed. The Rockets outscored the Pistons 70-42 in the paint. The Pistons outscored the Rockets 27-17 in 9 minutes with Bogdanovic, Diallo, Hayes, Stewart and Livers on the floor together.
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. The Rockets’ chance bottomed out at 8.8% (4th quarter, 34s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
96 points from the field on 92 shots: 1.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-24 | 62.5% | 67% |
| In the paint | 20-35 | 57.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 1-6 | 16.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-22 | 27.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Livers | 19 | 5 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Alec Burks | 17 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 10 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Hamidou Diallo | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 13 | 5-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Duren | 17 | 0 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Isaiah Livers | 9 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Alec Burks | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Jaden Ivey | 7 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 9 | 4-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddiq Bey | 22 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Jalen Duren | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | 6 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Isaiah Livers | 5 | 8 | 4-4 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 6 | 3-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 55 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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
Martin Jr. Tip Layup Shot (15 PTS)
Q4 0:32
41.4%
71→30
Burks 24' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Bogdanovic 3 AST)
Q4 1:53
35.4%
37→73
Garuba 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Gordon 6 AST)
Q4 2:51
23.3%
82→59
Gordon 5' Layup (20 PTS)
Q4 2:24
21.9%
62→40
Martin Jr. 5' Layup (13 PTS) (Gordon 7 AST)
Q4 0:35
20.3%
91→71
