⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 21 from three- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 43
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 32
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 19-8 off them
- Burned in transition, 13 fast break points to 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 11:21 · WSH 22-30 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Randy Wittman technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 5:48 · WSH 2-11 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 8:49 · WSH 4-14 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 8:33 · WSH 22-39 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 1:32 · WSH 37-58 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
