⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 6:20 · PHX 15-6 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 8:47 · PHX 59-58 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Offensive Foul
Q4 4:09 · PHX 82-82 DET
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Foul
Q4 4:09 · PHX 82-82 DET
- Turnover
Casey Jacobsen Bad Pass. Stolen by Ben Wallace.
Q4 0:53 · PHX 87-93 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 1:06 · PHX 41-54 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 12 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
