⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their seven- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:01 · DET 18-9 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 6:28 · DET 55-38 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 1:13 · DET 70-48 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Scott Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:50 · DET 81-57 WSH
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 19 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 32 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
