⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pistons got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pistons won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 42- A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 in the fourth 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q4 10:14 · CHA 92-111 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Duncan Robinson and Brandon Miller
Q1 10:19 · CHA 4-0 DET
📊The numbers
| CHA | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 16 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
