⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth 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
Made twenty threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 45 from three
- Could not get to the line, 27 free throws to their 43
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 56
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:35 · DET 79-83 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 1:40 · DET 101-96 WSH
- Go-ahead
Jalen Duren hit a tip shot
Q4 1:05 · DET 125-124 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Cade Cunningham flagrant foul type 1
Q3 5:26 · DET 81-88 WSH
- Turnover
Cade Cunningham lost ball turnover
Q4 0:12 · DET 125-126 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q2 10:31 · DET 38-44 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 5:07 · DET 52-58 WSH
- Winner
Alex Sarr hit a 3-foot dunk, Khris Middleton with the assist
Q4 0:53 · DET 125-126 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Smart technical foul
Q3 1:02 · DET 93-96 WSH
- Turnover
Alex Sarr bad pass
Q4 3:32 · DET 117-116 WSH
- Missed FT
Marcus Smart misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · DET 125-128 WSH
📊The numbers
| DET | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 20 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 37 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
