⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 22 from three- Kept giving it away, nineteen 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.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 0:29 · NY 35-32 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Nate Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:48 · NY 38-34 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:37 · NY 0-8 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 3:32 · NY 72-86 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 2 |
