Detroit Pistons – Toronto Raptors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 14 November 2018

DET106–104TOR

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It was more exciting than 52% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ TOR winsDET wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when TOR leads and falls when DET does.

This is how the game was decided.

Blake Griffin decided it, the Detroit Pistons player with the most points (30, with 12 rebounds and 3 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jon Leuer's (+8). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Toronto Raptors 104-106 Detroit Pistons (November 14, 2018) was hit by Reggie Bullock: a jump shot with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Detroit Pistons up 106-104. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Toronto Raptors 104-106 Detroit Pistons (November 14, 2018) was a 8-0 run by the Toronto Raptors in the first quarter (from 5:51 to 4:37), from 13-15 to 21-15. The Detroit Pistons' best was a 7-0 run in the third quarter (from 3:04 to 2:01), from 66-85 to 73-85.

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Play: Reggie Bullock makes 5-foot two point shot (Jose Calderon assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Reggie Bullock decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Bullock decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

14 November 2018 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401070887:666; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2018-19 regular season, not this game.

Detroit Pistons

Blake Griffin drew 0.40 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 2 of 380 in the league.
Andre Drummond contested 13.0 shots per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 9 of 380 in the league.
Jon Leuer drew 0.10 charges per game over his 39 games.
He ranks 51 of 380 in the league.

Toronto Raptors

Kyle Lowry drew 0.35 charges per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 6 of 380 in the league.
Kawhi Leonard deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 6 of 380 in the league.
Jonas Valančiūnas defended 5.4 shots at the rim per game over his 49 games, and opponents made 11 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 7 of 129 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Toronto Raptors have won 46 of their 116 games against the Detroit Pistons.

46-70record of the Toronto Raptors · NBA 1995-96 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1995-96 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

19.800

100% of capacity

Scotiabank Arena · Toronto

Scoring

210

combined points

12.4 below the season average (222.4)