⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 1:45 · BKN 81-58 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Deron Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:56 · BKN 58-49 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 7:41 · BKN 89-75 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
