⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 13 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 34- A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 26
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 2:43 · ATL 27-30 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 11:10 · ATL 31-38 DET
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 20
Q2 2:35 · ATL 46-66 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Eric Moreland technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:44 · ATL 88-103 DET
📊The numbers
| ATL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 6 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Steals | 15 |
| 12 | Blocks | 23 |
