⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33
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
Jalen Duren flagrant foul type 1
Q3 6:39 · DET 61-75 PHX
- Technical
Ausar Thompson flopping technical foul
Q3 3:59 · DET 71-82 PHX
- Flagrant
Jalen Duren flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:51 · DET 86-100 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Frank Vogel technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:15 · DET 15-19 PHX
- Technical
Jusuf Nurkic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:44 · DET 34-46 PHX
- Technical
Eric Gordon technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:20 · DET 82-99 PHX
📊The numbers
| DET | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 29 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
