⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 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, 41 free throws to their 28- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 33-13 off them
- Burned in transition, 6 fast break points to 19
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 cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 4:16 · MIL 38-44 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bobby Simmons offensive foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)
Q4 4:05 · MIL 86-90 DET
- Turnover
Bobby Simmons bad pass
Q4 1:32 · MIL 93-99 DET
- Turnover
Charlie Bell bad pass
Q4 1:15 · MIL 93-101 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 5:28 · MIL 86-93 DET
- Steal
Rasheed Wallace stole it from Bobby Simmons
Q4 1:32 · MIL 93-99 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 1:57 · MIL 93-103 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:40 · MIL 32-44 DET
- Technical
Antonio McDyess technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:42 · MIL 90-95 DET
📊The numbers
| MIL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
