⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen- A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 3:00 · WSH 23-18 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kwame Brown Lost Ball. Stolen by Mehmet Okur.
Q4 1:24 · WSH 69-76 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 6:54 · WSH 10-14 DET
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q2 0:41 · WSH 46-52 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Wallace Technical Foul
Q3 0:25 · WSH 54-56 DET
- Technical
Chucky Atkins Technical Foul
Q4 6:37 · WSH 65-67 DET
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:07 · WSH 67-70 DET
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 11 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
