⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 25- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- Missed FT
Corliss Williamson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:13 · DET 91-86 WSH
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:52 · DET 92-88 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
