⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 23-14 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mario Chalmers bad pass
Q4 5:00 · MIA 88-90 DET
- Turnover
Dorell Wright bad pass
Q4 4:33 · MIA 88-92 DET
- Turnover
Michael Beasley traveling
Q4 0:42 · MIA 96-102 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 3:56 · MIA 18-25 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 3:03 · MIA 42-51 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 2:50 · MIA 90-97 DET
📊The numbers
| MIA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
