⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 31 from three
- A 12-0 run dragged them back level in the third quarter
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 52
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:14 · BKN 68-68 CHA
- Lead
Sean Kilpatrick hit a 25-foot three jumper, Brook Lopez with the assist
Q4 1:36 · BKN 114-111 CHA
- Winner
Randy Foye hit a 25-foot three jumper, Bojan Bogdanovic with the assist
Q4 0:00 · BKN 120-118 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 7:24 · BKN 69-77 CHA
- Ties it
Cody Zeller hit a two point shot
Q4 1:54 · BKN 111-111 CHA
- Go-ahead
Cody Zeller hit a two point shot
Q4 0:03 · BKN 117-118 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kemba Walker Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 4:35 · BKN 106-102 CHA
- Turnover
Kemba Walker out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:05 · BKN 117-113 CHA
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
