⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 25-6 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 42 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 8:14 · DET 71-48 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 29
Q4 10:52 · DET 94-65 PHX
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 42
Q4 6:30 · DET 109-67 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jason Maxiell and Markieff Morris
Q3 10:23 · DET 57-44 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shannon Brown technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 9:38 · DET 59-44 PHX
- Technical
Goran Dragic technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:40 · DET 62-46 PHX
- Technical
Sebastian Telfair technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 5:03 · DET 72-48 PHX
📊The numbers
| DET | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 75% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 11 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
