⏱️How 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.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 0
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 0:02 · MIA 16-26 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 8:48 · MIA 32-53 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 8:00 · MIA 61-80 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 15 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 10 |
