⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 35 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the third 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 9:58 · DET 13-5 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 5:10 · DET 25-10 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stanley Johnson bad pass
Q4 0:51 · DET 107-115 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q1 0:58 · DET 31-25 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q3 5:53 · DET 61-81 WSH
- Steal
Otto Porter Jr. stole it from Stanley Johnson
Q4 0:51 · DET 107-115 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bradley Beal back court turnover
Q4 4:18 · DET 96-104 WSH
- Turnover
Kelly Oubre Jr. bad pass
Q4 4:01 · DET 98-104 WSH
- Missed FT
John Wall misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:46 · DET 107-115 WSH
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 3 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Steals | 13 |
| 22 | Blocks | 20 |
