⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their no- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 23-12 off them
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 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:14 · DET 9-5 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 6:24 · DET 41-27 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Jon Barry Technical Foul
Q4 9:33 · DET 75-58 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q4 11:11 · DET 75-67 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 0 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
