⏱️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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of fifteen from three- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 9
- A 20-0 run took them from 6 down to 14 up in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 6 down to 14 up
Q2 5:58 · DET 54-40 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 8:52 · DET 30-34 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:33 · DET 2-10 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
