⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen
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
- Turnover
Nazr Mohammed bad pass
Q4 2:12 · CHA 93-100 LAL
- Turnover
Raymond Felton offensive foul (Derek Fisher draws the foul)
Q4 1:47 · CHA 93-100 LAL
- Turnover
Raymond Felton turnover
Q4 1:47 · CHA 93-100 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- Steal
Lamar Odom stole it from Nazr Mohammed
Q4 2:12 · CHA 93-100 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
