⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 31-23 off them
- Beaten inside, 50 points in the paint to 76
A 19-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 2 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.
Pistons
Good plays
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:04 · DET 71-73 ATL
- Ties it
Tobias Harris hit a 10-foot pullup jump shot, Duncan Robinson with the assist
Q4 0:09 · DET 121-121 ATL
- Ties it
Tobias Harris hit a 6-foot running pullup jump shot, Daniss Jenkins with the assist
OT 4:12 · DET 123-123 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jalen Duren misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:27 · DET 111-110 ATL
- Turnover
Jalen Duren lost ball turnover
OT 2:35 · DET 123-126 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 7:00 · DET 39-56 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 3:31 · DET 89-94 ATL
- Lead
Jalen Johnson hit a 9-foot fade away jump shot, CJ McCollum with the assist
OT 4:42 · DET 121-123 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jonathan Kuminga lost ball turnover
Q4 4:51 · DET 109-110 ATL
- Turnover
Jalen Johnson offensive foul
Q4 4:42 · DET 111-110 ATL
- Turnover
Jalen Johnson offensive foul turnover
Q4 4:42 · DET 111-110 ATL
📊The numbers
| DET | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 33 | Assists | 31 |
| 76 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
