⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 5- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 47
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
- Ties it
Chauncey Billups hit a 23-foot three jumper, Rasheed Wallace with the assist
Q4 1:53 · DET 92-92 WSH
- Lead
Richard Hamilton hit a 12-foot jumper, Tayshaun Prince with the assist
Q4 1:05 · DET 94-92 WSH
- Lead
Chauncey Billups hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:29 · DET 96-95 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 9:32 · DET 52-55 WSH
- Go-ahead
Antawn Jamison hit a 23-foot three jumper, Caron Butler with the assist
Q4 0:50 · DET 94-95 WSH
- Winner
Caron Butler hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · DET 96-97 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
