⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 26
- A 17-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their six
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 22
Q3 7:37 · CHA 55-77 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 1:06 · CHA 59-85 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 8 | Threes made | 16 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 70% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 16 | Assists | 29 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
