⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 21- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 25-6 off them
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 8:21 · CHA 39-38 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 2:02 · CHA 55-44 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:56 · CHA 0-6 SAC
- Technical
Kwame Brown technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 4:09 · CHA 17-20 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 8:55 · CHA 59-59 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
