⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 11
- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, six free throws to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q1 3:51 · GS 32-22 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q3 8:34 · GS 78-65 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 3:27 · GS 93-75 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:48 · GS 12-13 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 10:57 · GS 66-65 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 9:26 · GS 101-87 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 32 | Assists | 15 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
