⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 20-3 off them- Went cold from three, five of sixteen
- Lost the glass, 46 rebounds to 62
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q2 11:07 · DET 31-33 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 1:35 · DET 78-61 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tayshaun Prince missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:26 · DET 98-91 MIL
- Missed FT
Bob Sura missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:14 · DET 100-95 MIL
- Missed FT
Bob Sura missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:14 · DET 100-95 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:31 · DET 18-27 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Erick Strickland Technical Foul
Q2 0:00 · DET 50-47 MIL
- Missed FT
Desmond Mason missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:21 · DET 100-94 MIL
- Missed FT
Michael Redd missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:08 · DET 100-95 MIL
📊The numbers
| DET | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 72 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 24 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 14 | Blocks | 7 |
