⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 8- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 17-9 off them
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their three
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 5:37 · ATL 84-81 DET
- Steal
Zaza Pachulia stole it from Tracy McGrady
Q4 2:49 · ATL 84-83 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q4 2:45 · ATL 94-83 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joe Johnson traveling
Q4 3:06 · ATL 84-83 DET
- Turnover
Turnover
Q4 1:07 · ATL 89-83 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 0:14 · ATL 70-72 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ben Gordon bad pass
Q4 4:01 · ATL 82-81 DET
- Turnover
Tracy McGrady bad pass
Q4 2:49 · ATL 84-83 DET
- Turnover
Ben Gordon turnover
Q4 1:58 · ATL 89-83 DET
📊The numbers
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
