⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Technical
Alexis Ajinca double technical foul
Q4 0:37 · CHA 94-80 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
