⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 32- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 31-14 off them
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 from level to 13 points up
Q2 11:37 · CHA 39-26 DET
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q2 7:07 · CHA 50-28 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephen Jackson traveling
Q4 1:14 · CHA 101-98 DET
- Turnover
Turnover
Q4 0:14 · CHA 103-100 DET
- Missed FT
Tyrus Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · CHA 103-100 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q4 2:33 · CHA 101-100 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 13 | Blocks | 5 |
