⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 36- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the third quarter
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q2 2:51 · DET 63-60 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Markieff Morris technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:54 · DET 67-62 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 7:30 · DET 69-71 ATL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 3:20 · DET 79-90 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
