⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 23-8 off them
- Burned in transition, 12 fast break points to 30
A 13-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 12 in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 9:56 · DET 38-24 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q2 0:20 · DET 65-41 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 12
Q3 8:37 · DET 68-56 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 13 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
