⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 8 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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their ten- Made nine threes to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Vince Carter bad pass
Q4 1:37 · PHX 107-114 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 5:35 · PHX 79-80 CHA
- Steal
Gerald Wallace stole it from Vince Carter
Q4 1:37 · PHX 107-114 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:34 · PHX 51-55 CHA
- Missed FT
Stephen Jackson misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 4:24 · PHX 102-105 CHA
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:00 · PHX 107-114 CHA
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
