⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets 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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 2:47 · DET 26-19 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 3:00 · DET 74-60 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 3:24 · DET 92-75 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
