⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their five, and were outscored 18-7 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 4:05 · CHA 57-45 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 2:51 · CHA 82-73 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Melvin Ely Offensive Foul. His 4th Personal Foul.
Q4 3:34 · CHA 108-103 LAL
- Turnover
Melvin Ely Turnover
Q4 3:34 · CHA 108-103 LAL
- Missed FT
Brevin Knight missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:21 · CHA 111-108 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 1:34 · CHA 59-58 LAL
- Winner
Kobe Bryant made 20 ft jumper.
Q4 0:00 · CHA 116-117 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Mihm Bad Pass. Stolen by Emeka Okafor.
Q4 3:49 · CHA 108-103 LAL
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 31 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
