⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- Steal
Greg Monroe stole it from Alex Len
Q4 0:55 · DET 83-85 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 1:42 · DET 86-85 PHX
- Go-ahead
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit a 23-foot three jumper, Jonas Jerebko with the assist
Q4 0:34 · DET 86-85 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Markieff Morris
Q2 6:09 · DET 29-29 PHX
- Technical
Greg Monroe technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:41 · DET 49-55 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- Winner
Eric Bledsoe hit a driving layup
Q4 0:28 · DET 86-87 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gerald Green lost ball turnover
Q4 1:22 · DET 80-85 PHX
- Turnover
Alex Len lost ball turnover
Q4 0:55 · DET 83-85 PHX
- Missed FT
Eric Bledsoe misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:01 · DET 86-87 PHX
📊The numbers
| DET | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
