⏱️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
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Alonzo Mourning technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 6:20 · MIA 55-49 DET
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem turnover
Q4 4:20 · MIA 76-82 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:47 · MIA 31-29 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:01 · MIA 43-41 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 5:39 · MIA 76-84 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · MIA 45-42 DET
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups bad pass
Q4 4:22 · MIA 76-82 DET
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:00 · MIA 85-87 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
