⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
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
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 28-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 0:08 · DET 59-43 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 4:13 · DET 76-56 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 3:41 · DET 106-76 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Desmond Mason Technical Foul
Q4 2:57 · DET 103-76 MIL
📊The numbers
| DET | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
