⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty- A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
- Made one threes to their seven
- Went cold from three, one of eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 8:15 · DET 10-5 UTAH
- Steal
Antonio McDyess stole it from Deron Williams
Q4 1:07 · DET 94-97 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:00 · DET 79-85 UTAH
- Missed FT
Tayshaun Prince misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:13 · DET 86-93 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 3:40 · DET 45-42 UTAH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q3 8:10 · DET 61-60 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 8:56 · DET 75-82 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 5:00 · DET 79-86 UTAH
- Missed FT
Mehmet Okur misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:46 · DET 84-88 UTAH
- Turnover
Deron Williams bad pass
Q4 1:07 · DET 94-97 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DET | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
