⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
+7Q127-20
-9Q224-33
0Q317-21
-9Q411-20
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 39 rebounds to 26- A 16-0 run took them from 6 down to 10 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
5Fast break points12
20Points in the paint34
39%Shooting from the field56%
11Turnovers17
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 6:07 · DET 18-15 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 6 down to 10 up
Q2 1:57 · DET 51-61 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 20 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
