⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 11:19 · BKN 30-23 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 9:33 · BKN 75-78 CHA
- Steal
Brook Lopez stole it from Gerald Wallace
Q4 2:23 · BKN 81-85 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 8:42 · BKN 30-34 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 3:00 · BKN 81-94 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Raymond Felton misses technical free throw
Q1 7:15 · BKN 6-9 CHA
- Turnover
Boris Diaw bad pass
Q4 3:32 · BKN 79-83 CHA
- Turnover
Gerald Wallace lost ball
Q4 2:23 · BKN 81-85 CHA
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
