⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 32
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Hamidou Diallo flagrant foul type 1
Q1 3:33 · DET 23-27 PHX
- Technical
Josh Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:24 · DET 41-44 PHX
- Technical
Cade Cunningham technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:41 · DET 60-75 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:48 · DET 86-110 PHX
📊The numbers
| DET | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
