⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-11 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the second quarter
- Lost the glass, 29 rebounds to 44
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 2:33 · NY 28-22 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 4:22 · NY 51-42 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Quentin Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:50 · NY 98-108 CHA
- Technical
Nate Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:20 · NY 110-123 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q2 2:34 · NY 51-54 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 8:55 · NY 58-69 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
