⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the second quarter- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:02 · PHX 22-36 DET
- Flagrant
Shaquille O'Neal flagrant foul type 1 (Amir Johnson draws the foul)
Q2 2:00 · PHX 41-51 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q2 2:32 · PHX 41-61 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 34
Q3 4:58 · PHX 52-86 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 2:32 · PHX 86-116 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
