⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 24- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 23-11 off them
A 16-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 1 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 7:46 · DET 18-6 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Arron Afflalo misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 8:52 · DET 39-28 WSH
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups bad pass
Q4 2:26 · DET 107-100 WSH
- Missed FT
Tayshaun Prince misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · DET 114-107 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:37 · DET 47-46 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeShawn Stevenson flagrant foul type 1 (Arron Afflalo draws the foul)
Q2 8:52 · DET 39-28 WSH
- Turnover
Antonio Daniels bad pass
Q4 3:42 · DET 102-96 WSH
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
