⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 25 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the third quarter
- Made three threes to their twelve
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 2:08 · DET 37-22 CHA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q2 9:45 · DET 50-30 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Harrellson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 10:30 · DET 89-81 CHA
- Missed FT
Brandon Jennings misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:02 · DET 102-108 CHA
- Missed FT
Brandon Jennings misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:07 · DET 102-110 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:47 · DET 89-84 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 5:03 · DET 99-103 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 2:48 · DET 103-116 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Al Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:30 · DET 99-98 CHA
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:14 · DET 102-110 CHA
📊The numbers
| DET | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 12 | Threes made | 3 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 10 |
