⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 10:17 · PHX 48-33 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 4:40 · PHX 93-77 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tobias Harris technical foul
Q1 7:24 · PHX 18-17 DET
- Missed FT
Cade Cunningham misses technical free throw
Q2 5:33 · PHX 55-42 DET
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul
Q4 4:15 · PHX 107-93 DET
📊The numbers
| PHX | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
