⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 8:44 · PHX 46-62 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q4 5:39 · PHX 77-105 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 8 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Steals | 8 |
| 16 | Blocks | 16 |
