⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 27-11 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
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 took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 6:26 · DET 18-12 ATL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q2 1:47 · DET 53-37 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 4:07 · DET 63-51 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
