⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 0:49 · DET 72-57 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 9:19 · DET 47-40 PHI
- Technical
Darko Milicic Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q4 1:57 · DET 93-79 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q4 3:00 · DET 93-80 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
