⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Hawks 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
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q2 8:30 · CHA 30-22 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Lorenzen Wright flagrant foul type 1 (Gerald Wallace draws the foul)
Q2 8:30 · CHA 30-22 ATL
- Technical
Josh Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:15 · CHA 39-30 ATL
- Technical
Josh Smith technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 4:15 · CHA 39-30 ATL
📊The numbers
| CHA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 65% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 100% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
