⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons 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
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 40- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 9
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 3-point lead to 11
Q2 10:47 · DET 34-23 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
