⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Collier Double Technical Foul. Elden Campbell gains possession.
Q4 6:56 · ATL 54-88 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q3 10:03 · ATL 34-60 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
