#paint-dominance

#paint-dominance

The final score does not show how dominant Detroit looked in this one. The Heat were down by as many as 20+ plus points in the second half, and got pummeled in the paint against Detroit's physical play style. The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for Miami, dropping them to a 13-7 record overall and down to the fourth seed. Detroit improved to an impressive 16-4 as they remain 2.0 games atop of the Eastern Conference standings.

We lost this game at the defensive end, Pitino said. They (Alabama) were the better basketball team tonight.

The Sky dominated the free throw line and the paint to take the 91-85 victory. Chicago scored 52 points in the paint and New York couldn't find an answer all game. The Liberty resorted to fouling, whether it was on purpose or not, to stop the onslaught. The Sky took 29 attempts from the free throw line and made 25 of them, compared to New York's 12-of-15 shooting from the stripe.