⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 34
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Gerald Henderson and Ben Gordon
Q3 8:00 · CHA 46-60 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 4:33 · CHA 15-23 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 2:47 · CHA 37-51 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 7 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
