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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 38 | 23 | 27 | 33 | 121 |
 Pistons | 14 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 116 |
LALTeam statsDET| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 42-8450.0% | 11-2839.3% | 26-3378.8% | 44 | 19 | 14 |
| DET | 42-9444.7% | 19-4839.6% | 13-2065.0% | 43 | 27 | 12 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Los Angeles Lakers121| 37 | 43 | 14-27 | 4-6 | 11-11 | 0 | 0 | +21 | +12.7 | ||||||
| 32 | 12 | 4-12 | 2-5 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | +1 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 29 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −4.7 | ||||
| 29 | 12 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +5 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 28 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.4 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 17 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.4 | |||||
| 21 | 17 | 6-10 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +7 | +4.7 | |||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.1 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | +2 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.5 | |||||
| Team | 121 | 42-8450.0% | 11-2839.3% | 44 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 26-3378.8% | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 45 points on 16 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Lawson Lovering, Cameron Carr, Jaden Hardy, Bronny James and Kevon Looney (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons116| 38 | 14 | 6-15 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0 | −15 | −5.3 | |||||||
| 32 | 8 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | −13 | −3.3 | |||||||
| 27 | 12 | 4-12 | 3-11 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −6.3 | ||||
| 24 | 7 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −16 | −2.2 | |||||||
| 20 | 8 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 24 | 9-14 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0 | +9 | +11.6 | |||||||
| 32 | 31, Career high (his best before, 30) | 9-17 | 8-15, Career high (his best before, 6) | 5-5 | 0 | +22 | +11.5 | |||||||
| 17 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 14 | 5 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.9 | |||||
| Team | 116 | 42-9444.7% | 19-4839.6% | 43 | 27 | 12 | 28 | 13-2065.0% | 18 | 10 | 7 | |||
Bench 67 points on 22 for 43 shooting
Did not play: Isaac Jones, Chaz Lanier, Ebuka Okorie, Taurean Prince and Tolu Smith (coach’s decision).
Lakers121Pistons116ClickTap 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.
Austin Reaves scored 43 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Detroit Pistons 121-116 for their fifth straight win.
The Lakers never trailed and led by as many as 26.
The Pistons got within 97-96 on Ausar Thompson’s driving layup with 4:23 to play, but Ziaire Williams answered with a 3-pointer, and the Pistons got no closer than 102-99.
During clutch time, the Lakers outscored the Pistons 22-5. Reaves scored 9 of the Lakers’ 22 on 1 for 2 shooting and 6 for 6 at the line. Reaves went 3 for 5 on fadeaways. He has taken 20 fadeaways this season, the third-most in the NBA, and made 45.0% (the league: 38.6%).
For the Pistons, Daniss Jenkins scored a career-high 31 points (20 in the second quarter, on 6 3-pointers and 2 free throws) with 8 3-pointers off the bench, and Kevin Huerter added 24 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and a career-high 5 blocks off the bench.
The Lakers went 26 for 33 at the line to the Pistons’ 13 for 20. They took 28 of their 84 shots from 3 (33%), the lowest share of their season. They had averaged 46%. The Pistons outscored the Lakers 67-45 off the bench. The Lakers’ starters outscored the Pistons 41-26 in 13 minutes together.
Los Angeles LakersDetroit PistonsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
95 points from the field on 84 shots: 5.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-23 | 69.6% | 67% |
| In the paint | 13-25 | 52.0% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 2-8 | 25.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-23 | 39.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ausar Thompson | 21 | 3 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Daniss Jenkins | 14 | 8 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Kevin Huerter | 11 | 15 | 5-9 | +11 |
| Cade Cunningham | 11 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 9 | 3-9 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Robinson | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Kevin Huerter | 10 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Cade Cunningham | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Daniss Jenkins | 4 | 4 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 42 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniss Jenkins | 21 | 4 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Kevin Huerter | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Ronald Holland II | 5 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Javonte Green | 4 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 45 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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.
Score margin over time — positive = DET leads, negative = LAL leads
DET Largest Lead
0
Q1 12:00
LAL Largest Lead
26
Q2 11:21
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
LAL 10-0 run
Q1 10:03 – Q1 8:09
0 → -10
LAL 11-0 run
Q1 4:47 – Q1 2:46
-9 → -20
DET 8-0 run
Q2 3:30 – Q2 2:11
-19 → -11
DET 11-0 run
Q3 2:30 – Q3 1:03
-14 → -3
