⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 32-11 off them- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
- Made three threes to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 2:41 · CHA 31-23 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:39 · CHA 74-60 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Baron Davis flagrant foul type 1 (Gerald Wallace draws the foul)
Q2 0:01 · CHA 60-45 LAC
- Missed FT
Rasual Butler misses technical free throw
Q3 3:39 · CHA 74-60 LAC
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 7 |
