⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 39
- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 9:03 · DET 46-42 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 3:29 · DET 82-79 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 7:40 · DET 102-92 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 0:45 · DET 31-36 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 5:12 · DET 46-52 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 17 | Blocks | 22 |
