⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fifteen- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 6:01 · MIA 16-20 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q3 0:51 · MIA 62-74 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jarvis Hayes misses technical free throw
Q2 11:51 · MIA 22-26 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
