⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three
- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their thirteen
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 24-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:46 · CHA 21-19 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 6:58 · CHA 46-41 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 7:35 · CHA 96-100 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:26 · CHA 96-102 DET
- Turnover
Raymond Felton lost ball
Q4 2:38 · CHA 100-105 DET
- Missed FT
Brevin Knight misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:48 · CHA 100-105 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 8:07 · CHA 9-17 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:13 · CHA 21-27 DET
- Steal
Ben Wallace stole it from Raymond Felton
Q4 2:38 · CHA 100-105 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:00 · CHA 100-105 DET
- Missed FT
Ben Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:00 · CHA 100-105 DET
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:38 · CHA 100-105 DET
📊The numbers
| CHA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
