⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 42
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q1 5:07 · CHA 23-16 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 4:52 · CHA 63-62 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Derek Anderson misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 7:33 · CHA 28-28 DET
- Turnover
Derek Anderson bad pass
Q4 4:26 · CHA 82-87 DET
- Turnover
Sean May bad pass
Q4 1:19 · CHA 88-96 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:00 · CHA 23-24 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 2:06 · CHA 65-73 DET
- Steal
Rasheed Wallace stole it from Sean May
Q4 1:19 · CHA 88-96 DET
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Richard Hamilton flagrant foul type 1 (Raymond Felton draws the foul)
Q2 7:33 · CHA 28-28 DET
📊The numbers
| CHA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
