⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 27-18 off them- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 50
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:01 · DET 40-33 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 8:25 · DET 55-41 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 11:07 · DET 77-60 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 25
Q4 5:23 · DET 131-106 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Quin Snyder technical foul
Q2 7:00 · DET 55-41 ATL
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 34 | Assists | 28 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
