⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 33
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 34-13 off them
- Made four threes to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 0:33 · MIL 26-28 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 10:45 · MIL 73-96 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
