⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their four- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 33
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
- A 18-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 32 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
Key battles
16Threes made4
19Fast break points6
57%Three-point accuracy27%
33Assists16
🏀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 7-point lead to 19
Q1 4:52 · DET 27-8 CHA
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 32
Q1 0:24 · DET 49-17 CHA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 40
Q4 3:01 · DET 116-76 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jodie Meeks misses technical free throw
Q2 11:33 · DET 30-10 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 25
Q2 3:49 · DET 57-32 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 16 | Threes made | 4 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 33 | Assists | 16 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
