⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 18-9 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 1:30 · DET 28-21 MIA
- Lead
Rasheed Wallace hit a 11-foot hook shot, Richard Hamilton with the assist
Q4 2:42 · DET 85-83 MIA
- Winner
Rodney Stuckey hit a 15-foot two point shot
Q4 0:45 · DET 89-87 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Allen Iverson turnover
Q4 1:50 · DET 85-85 MIA
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · DET 92-90 MIA
- Missed FT
Richard Hamilton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:15 · DET 92-90 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:37 · DET 0-9 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 5:33 · DET 62-60 MIA
- Ties it
Dwyane Wade hit a driving layup
Q4 1:58 · DET 85-85 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Udonis Haslem turnover
Q4 1:39 · DET 85-85 MIA
- Turnover
Michael Beasley lost ball
Q4 0:31 · DET 89-87 MIA
- Technical
Dwyane Wade technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:20 · DET 92-87 MIA
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
