⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 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 eleven threes to their four- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen
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
Q3 5:03 · CHA 85-73 NY
- Steal
Bernard Robinson Jr stole it from Stephon Marbury
Q4 0:32 · CHA 113-107 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Raymond Felton bad pass
Q4 1:15 · CHA 109-105 NY
- Missed FT
Brevin Knight misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:27 · CHA 114-109 NY
- Missed FT
Brevin Knight misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:27 · CHA 114-109 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:41 · CHA 47-47 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 3:36 · CHA 108-103 NY
- Steal
Stephon Marbury stole it from Raymond Felton
Q4 1:15 · CHA 109-105 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Rose technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 11:11 · CHA 33-25 NY
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury lost ball
Q4 0:32 · CHA 113-107 NY
- Turnover
Steve Francis bad pass
Q4 0:17 · CHA 114-109 NY
📊The numbers
| CHA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
