⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 41- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 15-4 off them
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 3:36 · DET 61-54 UTAH
- Lead
Tayshaun Prince hit a 21-foot jumper, Chauncey Billups with the assist
OT 4:28 · DET 84-82 UTAH
- Go-ahead
Rasheed Wallace hit a 16-foot jumper
OT 2:53 · DET 86-85 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:13 · DET 53-53 UTAH
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:44 · DET 80-80 UTAH
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:20 · DET 80-80 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- Go-ahead
Andrei Kirilenko hit a 23-foot three jumper, Deron Williams with the assist
Q4 2:00 · DET 79-80 UTAH
- Lead
Greg Ostertag hit a free throw 2 of 2
OT 3:17 · DET 84-85 UTAH
- Winner
Mehmet Okur hit a 26-foot three jumper, Milt Palacio with the assist
OT 2:31 · DET 86-88 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:54 · DET 75-72 UTAH
- Turnover
Andrei Kirilenko bad pass
OT 4:48 · DET 82-82 UTAH
- Missed FT
Greg Ostertag misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 3:17 · DET 84-84 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DET | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
