⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35
- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:27 · WSH 13-13 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 8:05 · WSH 47-52 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Daniss Jenkins and Tre Johnson
Q3 4:13 · WSH 73-86 DET
📊The numbers
| WSH | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 31 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
