⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q4 7:52 · DEN 74-80 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Allen Iverson misses technical free throw
Q2 4:56 · DEN 38-43 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 3:46 · DEN 55-72 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q2 5:24 · DEN 36-41 DET
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:56 · DEN 38-43 DET
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:11 · DEN 47-51 DET
📊The numbers
| DEN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
