⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower 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, 11 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 nineteen, and outscored them 25-2 off them- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to five
- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q2 8:37 · DET 32-20 MIA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q2 1:23 · DET 46-32 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q3 3:28 · DET 70-45 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 3:28 · DET 59-44 MIA
- Technical
Richard Hamilton Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 5:35 · DET 82-56 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 4:56 · DET 32-29 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 1 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
