⏱️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
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 32- Made two threes to their nine
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damon Jones Bad Pass. Stolen by Chauncey Billups.
Q4 4:09 · MIL 81-85 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 4:58 · MIL 81-83 DET
- Turnover
Richard Hamilton Bad Pass. Stolen by Tim Thomas.
Q4 3:48 · MIL 81-85 DET
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:16 · MIL 91-96 DET
📊The numbers
| MIL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
