⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 27-11 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26 in the third 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26
Q3 8:26 · DET 74-48 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 4:37 · DET 16-17 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 27
Q4 6:50 · DET 94-67 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
D.J. Augustin misses technical free throw
Q4 10:53 · DET 83-55 CHA
📊The numbers
| DET | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
