⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 40 from three
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 28-14 off them
- Beaten inside, 44 points in the paint to 62
A 15-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 1 in the fourth quarter
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 0:03 · DET 72-59 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
OT 2:07 · DET 123-122 MIA
- Go-ahead
Tim Hardaway Jr. hit a 24-foot three shot, Cade Cunningham with the assist
OT 1:10 · DET 123-122 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:00 · DET 112-106 MIA
- Turnover
Cade Cunningham lost ball turnover
Q4 0:56 · DET 112-111 MIA
- Turnover
Tim Hardaway Jr. bad pass
OT 0:14 · DET 125-124 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 1
Q4 5:28 · DET 112-111 MIA
- Ties it
Tyler Herro hit a 29-foot three jumper, Jimmy Butler with the assist
Q4 0:05 · DET 114-114 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q4 0:05 · DET 114-122 MIA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bam Adebayo lost ball turnover
OT 4:50 · DET 114-114 MIA
📊The numbers
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 20 | Threes made | 12 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 16 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
