⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 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 twelve threes to their five
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 took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 10:28 · DET 10-4 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 8:45 · DET 102-76 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rui Hachimura misses technical free throw
Q2 8:50 · DET 41-31 WSH
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 31 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
