⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their eight- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 20-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q3 1:21 · WSH 81-80 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jordan Poole bad pass
Q4 1:55 · WSH 87-93 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 1:59 · WSH 40-59 DET
- Steal
Cade Cunningham stole it from Jordan Poole
Q4 1:55 · WSH 87-93 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
