⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 18-6 off them- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 52
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming Offensive Foul. Ben Wallace gains possession.
Q4 2:20 · HOU 68-74 DET
- Turnover
Yao Ming Turnover
Q4 2:20 · HOU 68-74 DET
- Turnover
Jon Barry Bad Pass. Stolen by Tayshaun Prince.
Q4 0:58 · HOU 70-78 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 4:43 · HOU 66-69 DET
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:40 · HOU 68-74 DET
📊The numbers
| HOU | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 14 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
