⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 22-2 off them- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 33
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q4 7:37 · DET 98-85 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:11 · DET 30-42 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q1 1:28 · DET 24-34 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Rafer Alston technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:50 · DET 59-63 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming lost ball
Q4 4:58 · DET 89-85 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming traveling
Q4 4:28 · DET 91-85 HOU
📊The numbers
| DET | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
