⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 2:10 · PHX 29-22 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Shaquille O'Neal flagrant foul type 2 (Rodney Stuckey draws the foul)
Q2 5:18 · PHX 48-33 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 0:04 · PHX 81-72 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Allen Iverson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:26 · PHX 65-52 DET
📊The numbers
| PHX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
