⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 32 from three
- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their 21
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
- Beaten inside, 22 points in the paint to 46
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:30 · CHA 10-7 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cody Zeller bad pass
Q4 4:43 · CHA 83-85 MEM
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:31 · CHA 87-88 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:17 · CHA 2-7 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:10 · CHA 40-38 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 4:47 · CHA 72-74 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Conley misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:39 · CHA 83-86 MEM
- Missed FT
Zach Randolph misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · CHA 92-88 MEM
📊The numbers
| CHA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 13 | Blocks | 5 |
