⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 23- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 26-16 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:27 · NY 31-31 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 8:48 · NY 66-71 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 5:18 · NY 74-79 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kenyon Martin and Bismack Biyombo
Q3 7:09 · NY 63-69 CHA
- Flagrant
Metta World Peace flagrant foul type 1 (Ramon Sessions draws the foul)
Q3 3:36 · NY 70-74 CHA
- Missed FT
Iman Shumpert misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:15 · NY 96-99 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cody Zeller misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:18 · NY 93-98 CHA
- Turnover
Josh McRoberts bad pass
Q4 0:15 · NY 96-99 CHA
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:07 · NY 97-102 CHA
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 12 | Assists | 17 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
