⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 17-5 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 3:00 · ATL 51-41 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q3 0:28 · ATL 82-74 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Josh Smith bad pass
Q4 2:30 · ATL 88-81 DET
- Missed FT
Josh Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:05 · ATL 88-83 DET
- Turnover
Marvin Williams bad pass
Q4 1:28 · ATL 89-83 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 7:26 · ATL 66-63 DET
- Steal
Will Bynum stole it from Josh Smith
Q4 2:30 · ATL 88-81 DET
- Steal
Kwame Brown stole it from Marvin Williams
Q4 1:28 · ATL 89-83 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
