⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 7:52 · DET 63-72 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 7:25 · DET 96-106 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 1:08 · DET 50-59 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 10:51 · DET 55-72 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 11:38 · DET 83-101 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
