⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q4 3:47 · NY 95-102 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Robin Lopez technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 3:31 · NY 86-98 CHA
- Technical
Robin Lopez technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 3:31 · NY 86-99 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 4:13 · NY 17-27 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 2:15 · NY 49-53 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 9:41 · NY 76-94 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
