⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of thirteen from three- Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their eight
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 46
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 1:47 · CHA 29-23 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 11:37 · CHA 51-44 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
