⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 34 from three
- A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 30
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 26-14 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 7:43 · CHA 90-107 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up
Q1 9:03 · CHA 11-23 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 11:30 · CHA 26-43 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 31 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
