⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 27-12 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 2:10 · DET 26-23 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 6:47 · DET 59-61 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:31 · DET 98-92 ATL
- Turnover
Richard Hamilton lost ball
Q4 0:05 · DET 103-96 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- Steal
Shelden Williams stole it from Richard Hamilton
Q4 0:05 · DET 103-96 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zaza Pachulia traveling
Q4 3:33 · DET 89-83 ATL
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
