⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 30-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 8
- A 13-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 40 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 7:41 · DET 17-7 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 7:09 · DET 43-26 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 40
Q4 10:49 · DET 99-59 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
