⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of fourteen from three- A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up in the second quarter
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 13 down to 1 up
Q2 1:13 · DET 44-43 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Double Technical Foul
Q3 7:35 · DET 46-45 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:18 · DET 0-8 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 6:07 · DET 28-41 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 6 |
