⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Technical
Brevin Knight technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:26 · CHA 44-52 SA
- Technical
Brevin Knight technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 9:17 · CHA 44-53 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 0:00 · CHA 23-29 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 2:32 · CHA 53-68 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q4 8:15 · CHA 66-86 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
