⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 41- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their eighteen
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 10:00 · CHA 33-36 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Brandon Miller and Jalen Duren
Q4 6:15 · CHA 91-94 DET
- Technical
Double technical foul - P.J. Washington and Isaiah Stewart
Q4 6:15 · CHA 91-94 DET
- Turnover
Gordon Hayward steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 4:09 · CHA 93-97 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 7:06 · CHA 9-20 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 0:47 · CHA 21-36 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 3:54 · CHA 93-106 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Isaiah Stewart misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 0:22 · CHA 99-110 DET
📊The numbers
| CHA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
