โฑ๏ธHow it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
โฒ DET better than we expected
โผ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
โ๏ธWhat decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 16-5 off them
Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
๐Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 1:35 ยท DET 23-17 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Maxiell traveling
Q4 4:46 ยท DET 75-67 PHI

76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 3:39 ยท DET 13-17 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andre Iguodala misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:03 ยท DET 75-70 PHI
- Turnover
Louis Williams traveling
Q4 2:04 ยท DET 77-73 PHI
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:15 ยท DET 79-73 PHI
๐The numbers
| DET | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 71 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 1 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |








