⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 0:00 · ATL 19-24 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 10:18 · ATL 65-95 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 11 |
