⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q4 8:10 · DET 79-80 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rodney Stuckey technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:39 · DET 48-58 MIL
- Missed FT
Antonio McDyess misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:22 · DET 82-83 MIL
- Turnover
Antonio McDyess bad pass
Q4 3:29 · DET 82-86 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:25 · DET 2-9 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ramon Sessions misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:37 · DET 81-83 MIL
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:47 · DET 86-88 MIL
- Missed FT
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:19 · DET 86-91 MIL
📊The numbers
| DET | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
