⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, 37 free throws to their 23- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 2:17 · DET 67-79 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 10:57 · DET 75-84 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brandon Jennings misses technical free throw
Q3 12:00 · DET 43-54 CHA
- Technical
Double technical foul - Brandon Jennings and Al Jefferson
Q4 0:06 · DET 94-107 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kemba Walker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · DET 43-54 CHA
📊The numbers
| DET | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
