⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 0:55 · LAL 25-27 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q4 11:44 · LAL 78-82 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Sasha Vujacic turnover
Q4 4:41 · LAL 86-94 CHA
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:09 · LAL 86-96 CHA
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:40 · LAL 86-99 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:38 · LAL 4-10 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 0:52 · LAL 44-57 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 4:52 · LAL 86-100 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Richardson misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:52 · LAL 86-94 CHA
- Missed FT
Matt Carroll misses technical free throw
Q4 4:09 · LAL 86-96 CHA
- Missed FT
Jason Richardson misses technical free throw
Q4 1:52 · LAL 88-102 CHA
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
