⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 28-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 4:48 · PHX 22-15 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q2 11:41 · PHX 26-24 DET
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 8:53 · PHX 70-85 DET
📊The numbers
| PHX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
