⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 38 from three- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:52 · DET 10-10 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 5:12 · DET 17-23 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 9:46 · DET 31-40 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Deni Avdija flopping technical foul
Q2 0:06 · DET 53-57 WSH
- Technical
Jordan Poole technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:02 · DET 74-86 WSH
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 29 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 6 |
