⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 34-21 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 3:08 · PHX 59-62 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant bad pass
Q4 0:25 · PHX 123-130 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 8:52 · PHX 9-19 DET
- Steal
Malik Beasley stole it from Kevin Durant
Q4 0:25 · PHX 123-130 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cade Cunningham misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:47 · PHX 112-120 DET
- Turnover
Cade Cunningham steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 2:47 · PHX 117-122 DET
- Missed FT
Malik Beasley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:24 · PHX 123-131 DET
📊The numbers
| PHX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 14 | Threes made | 19 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 31 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
