⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 20-8 off them
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1
Q3 5:30 · BKN 61-62 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 5:13 · BKN 84-87 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 1:19 · BKN 100-105 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 9:55 · BKN 22-35 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 10:30 · BKN 70-79 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Hawes technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:14 · BKN 61-64 CHA
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:35 · BKN 97-100 CHA
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
