⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 20-4 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Samuel Dalembert lost ball
Q4 4:20 · SAC 80-87 CHA
- Turnover
Beno Udrih bad pass
Q4 3:27 · SAC 80-87 CHA
- Turnover
Beno Udrih lost ball
Q4 2:49 · SAC 80-87 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 5:03 · SAC 33-47 CHA
- Steal
Boris Diaw stole it from Beno Udrih
Q4 2:49 · SAC 80-87 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephen Jackson bad pass
Q4 0:43 · SAC 85-92 CHA
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · SAC 87-94 CHA
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · SAC 87-94 CHA
📊The numbers
| SAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 12 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
