⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 28
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
- Turnover
Jalen Duren out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 4:38 · DET 111-112 PHX
- Missed FT
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:21 · DET 117-121 PHX
- Missed FT
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 0:21 · DET 117-121 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nick Richards technical foul
Q1 2:40 · DET 22-23 PHX
- Flagrant
Grayson Allen flagrant foul type 1
Q3 5:32 · DET 79-75 PHX
📊The numbers
| DET | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
