⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 32
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 11:29 · ATL 29-38 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q2 9:07 · ATL 32-50 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q4 3:20 · ATL 83-120 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
