⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 28
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 stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 9:55 · DET 43-27 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:18 · DET 95-77 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 35 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
