⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Steal
Grant Hill stole it from Rodney Stuckey
Q4 0:58 · PHX 102-99 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Robin Lopez misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:35 · PHX 102-99 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 7:56 · PHX 38-43 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tayshaun Prince lost ball
Q4 3:53 · PHX 97-95 DET
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:30 · PHX 102-97 DET
- Turnover
Rodney Stuckey bad pass
Q4 0:58 · PHX 102-99 DET
📊The numbers
| PHX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 32 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
