⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 33
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 26-12 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q1 9:27 · DET 10-12 WSH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 4:26 · DET 29-21 WSH
- Winner
Marcus Morris hit a tip shot
Q4 0:00 · DET 113-112 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Reggie Jackson traveling
Q4 4:26 · DET 107-104 WSH
- Turnover
Andre Drummond lost ball turnover
Q4 1:15 · DET 111-110 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:21 · DET 0-9 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:54 · DET 47-44 WSH
- Go-ahead
Markieff Morris hit a two point shot, John Wall with the assist
Q4 2:14 · DET 109-110 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
