⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Andray Blatche flagrant foul type 1 (Jarvis Hayes draws the foul)
Q2 9:19 · WSH 27-33 DET
- Technical
Antonio Daniels technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:35 · WSH 57-69 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 11:30 · WSH 27-36 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 0:38 · WSH 47-63 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 10:41 · WSH 74-94 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jarvis Hayes misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 9:19 · WSH 27-33 DET
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:06 · WSH 49-63 DET
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses technical free throw
Q3 6:35 · WSH 57-69 DET
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 13 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
