⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31- A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 2:36 · ATL 40-53 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26
Q3 1:47 · ATL 57-83 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 0 | Threes made | 4 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
