⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the fourth quarter
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 9:25 · DET 46-36 UTAH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q4 7:45 · DET 100-95 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 2:28 · DET 113-108 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Greg Monroe offensive foul (Devin Harris draws the foul)
Q4 2:59 · DET 105-105 UTAH
- Turnover
Greg Monroe turnover
Q4 2:59 · DET 105-105 UTAH
- Missed FT
Rodney Stuckey misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:32 · DET 113-110 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 2:34 · DET 56-53 UTAH
- Lead
Paul Millsap hit a driving layup, Devin Harris with the assist
Q4 2:41 · DET 105-107 UTAH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
C.J. Miles misses technical free throw
Q2 11:03 · DET 32-30 UTAH
- Turnover
Paul Millsap lost ball
Q4 1:30 · DET 111-108 UTAH
- Turnover
Paul Millsap bad pass
Q4 0:15 · DET 116-112 UTAH
📊The numbers
| DET | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 37 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
