⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up in the first quarter- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their twenty
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q1 4:48 · CHA 28-20 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 11:17 · CHA 80-75 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Pau Gasol technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:43 · CHA 37-27 MEM
- Technical
Juan Carlos Navarro technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 9:30 · CHA 83-75 MEM
📊The numbers
| CHA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
