⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 11:07 · DET 10-2 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 3:55 · DET 44-30 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:16 · DET 55-48 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
