⏱️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
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 0:55 · WSH 52-41 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 2:56 · WSH 73-77 DET
- Turnover
Jerry Stackhouse Bad Pass. Stolen by Corliss Williamson.
Q4 2:21 · WSH 73-79 DET
- Turnover
Michael Jordan Lost Ball. Stolen by Jon Barry.
Q4 0:14 · WSH 82-85 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 7:58 · WSH 7-16 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 6:58 · WSH 71-77 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Clifford Robinson Technical Foul
Q3 9:48 · WSH 52-43 DET
- Missed FT
Corliss Williamson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:31 · WSH 76-82 DET
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:24 · WSH 82-84 DET
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 12 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
