⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their fourteen- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 7:54 · CHA 21-12 DET
- Winner
P.J. Washington hit a 23-foot three jumper, Cody Zeller with the assist
Q4 2:22 · CHA 97-96 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- Go-ahead
Svi Mykhailiuk hit a 23-foot three jumper, Jerami Grant with the assist
Q4 2:54 · CHA 94-96 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jerami Grant lost ball turnover
Q4 4:43 · CHA 84-87 DET
- Turnover
Jerami Grant bad pass
Q4 4:24 · CHA 86-87 DET
- Turnover
Svi Mykhailiuk double dribble turnover
Q4 2:05 · CHA 97-96 DET
📊The numbers
| CHA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
