⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
-7Q118-26
+4Q227-19
-13Q318-29
-10Q414-24
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18 in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
9%Three-point accuracy40%
2Blocks9
1Threes made6
15Offensive rebounds8
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 18
Q3 1:52 · DET 63-81 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 1 | Threes made | 6 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
