⏱️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
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 25-6 off them
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 51
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 0:33 · MIL 18-17 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 6:48 · MIL 69-73 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 3:15 · MIL 33-42 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 9:42 · MIL 60-71 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 4:00 · MIL 70-81 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
