⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made one threes to their eight
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 11:17 · DET 12-2 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Richard Hamilton Bad Pass. Stolen by Shawn Marion.
Q4 4:50 · DET 82-82 PHX
- Turnover
Mehmet Okur Offensive Foul
Q4 3:59 · DET 82-84 PHX
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:58 · DET 86-91 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Offensive Foul
Q4 4:11 · DET 82-84 PHX
- Missed FT
Jake Voskuhl missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:10 · DET 88-92 PHX
- Missed FT
Jake Voskuhl missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:10 · DET 88-92 PHX
📊The numbers
| DET | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 1 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
