⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9
- Made five threes to their eleven
- They shot well above their usual, eleven of nineteen from three
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 3:28 · DET 20-21 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q3 8:22 · DET 61-69 MIL
- Winner
Ben Wallace hit a layup, Rasheed Wallace with the assist
Q4 2:11 · DET 102-101 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:23 · DET 44-47 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 11:21 · DET 0-15 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 2:43 · DET 44-56 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 4:20 · DET 100-101 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 13 | Blocks | 3 |
