⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29 in the third quarter- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 31
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their sixteen
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their five
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 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 2:15 · DET 54-71 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 6:39 · DET 12-19 ATL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29
Q3 10:15 · DET 40-69 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 31% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 12 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
