⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 26-8 off them
- A 19-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 24 in the first 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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 24
Q1 4:39 · DET 38-14 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29
Q2 8:26 · DET 57-28 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodney Stuckey misses technical free throw
Q3 12:00 · DET 65-34 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
O.J. Mayo technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · DET 65-34 MIL
📊The numbers
| DET | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
