⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 20 rebounds to 33
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:22 · CHA 10-4 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 4:54 · CHA 24-20 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q2 0:01 · CHA 73-44 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:05 · CHA 90-74 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 83 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
