⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their fourteen
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
Made three threes to their ten
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
- Ties it
Jon Barry made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chucky Atkins.
Q4 1:34 · DET 81-81 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 2:08 · DET 78-80 WSH
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:47 · DET 82-84 WSH
- Missed FT
Clifford Robinson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · DET 83-84 WSH

Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q2 6:28 · DET 28-34 WSH
- Winner
Michael Jordan made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:14 · DET 81-82 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Jordan missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:54 · DET 78-81 WSH
- Missed FT
Jerry Stackhouse missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:53 · DET 81-83 WSH
- Turnover
Michael Jordan Lost Ball
Q4 0:28 · DET 82-84 WSH
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |






