⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 4:30 · DET 50-36 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Hamidou Diallo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:41 · DET 36-28 ATL
- Missed FT
Jerami Grant misses technical free throw
Q2 3:11 · DET 47-36 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 2:20 · DET 74-67 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
