⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 8:40 · CHI 22-25 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 1:27 · CHI 14-25 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 10:21 · CHI 64-77 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
