⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:33 · DET 9-0 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 7:28 · DET 20-5 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Antonio McDyess technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:35 · DET 21-15 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 3:02 · DET 21-20 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
