⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 24-7 off them- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- Technical
Desmond Mason double technical foul
Q3 2:26 · MIL 59-73 DET
- Technical
Jake Voskuhl technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 4:50 · MIL 78-102 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 1:00 · MIL 42-59 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q4 5:33 · MIL 78-106 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jarvis Hayes misses technical free throw
Q4 4:50 · MIL 78-102 DET
📊The numbers
| MIL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
