⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 29 from three
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 6 down to 3 up
Q1 5:54 · DET 15-12 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 1:15 · DET 50-56 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:43 · DET 15-14 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 8:36 · DET 6-12 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 9:30 · DET 24-39 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 10:21 · DET 77-93 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Grant Hill technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 0:29 · DET 46-56 PHX
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:45 · DET 55-64 PHX
- Technical
Channing Frye technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:13 · DET 60-71 PHX
📊The numbers
| DET | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 2 | Threes made | 15 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 31 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
