⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:41 · CHA 10-2 MIN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 0:00 · CHA 35-20 MIN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q3 6:41 · CHA 76-45 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
