⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 42- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 32
- Made eight threes to their fourteen
- They shot well above their usual, fourteen of 30 from three
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
A 17-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 7 in the fourth 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 11:15 · DET 12-3 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q1 3:33 · DET 34-18 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q3 8:51 · DET 86-63 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marcus Morris misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:47 · DET 107-99 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q3 6:45 · DET 88-72 CHA
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 7
Q4 6:31 · DET 112-105 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
