⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Rodney White Bad Pass. Stolen by Richard Hamilton.
Q4 4:28 · DEN 27-35 DET
- Turnover
Kenny Satterfield Bad Pass. Stolen by Hubert Davis.
Q4 3:00 · DEN 29-37 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 6:37 · DEN 4-11 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 3:46 · DEN 29-35 DET
📊The numbers
| DEN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
