⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- They went cold, five of twenty from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 7:37 · PHX 42-26 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 3:05 · PHX 50-28 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 23
Q4 10:15 · PHX 83-60 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Grant Hill (2) and DaJuan Summers (1)
Q4 3:33 · PHX 87-68 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q3 2:08 · PHX 68-58 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:22 · PHX 54-38 DET
📊The numbers
| PHX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
