⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20 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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 20
Q1 6:43 · DET 27-7 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q2 5:41 · DET 46-23 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Arron Afflalo misses technical free throw
Q2 9:11 · DET 33-15 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Othella Harrington technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:11 · DET 33-15 CHA
📊The numbers
| DET | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
