⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 31
- A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 22-10 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20
Q3 11:02 · CHA 70-50 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Drummond technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 3:49 · CHA 74-58 DET
- Technical
Will Bynum technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:35 · CHA 98-86 DET
- Technical
Brandon Jennings technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 1:13 · CHA 114-96 DET
📊The numbers
| CHA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
