⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 9:48 · CHA 51-47 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 0:10 · CHA 66-72 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bernard Robinson Jr lost ball
Q4 4:18 · CHA 78-85 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 3:26 · CHA 56-70 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q4 3:59 · CHA 78-97 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 12 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
