⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 23- A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 0:31 · MEM 26-42 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26
Q3 11:29 · MEM 46-72 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 66% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 15 | Assists | 35 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
