⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
+7Q125-21
+3Q229-24
+13Q330-18
-12Q424-32
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33
- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 29-17 off them
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 36
Key battles
10Threes made3
12Fast break points4
21Offensive rebounds10
29Points off turnovers17
🏀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.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 10:22 · CHA 86-75 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
