⏱️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
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 5:43 · DET 13-10 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 0:37 · DET 22-16 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 0:41 · DET 42-34 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 2:12 · DET 77-68 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 1 |
