⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 5:54 · CHA 21-14 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 9:29 · CHA 40-31 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 2:12 · CHA 59-52 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Marvin Williams and Dennis Schroder
Q3 8:07 · CHA 67-61 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:22 · CHA 6-12 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 1:09 · CHA 27-28 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 6:26 · CHA 45-42 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 15 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 32 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
