⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 3:50 · DET 56-42 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Chauncey Billups Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 3:57 · DET 46-41 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 4:56 · DET 46-42 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Udonis Haslem Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 2:47 · DET 50-42 MIA
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
