⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their ten- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 17-6 off them
- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 45
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 0:00 · CHA 26-19 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 9:48 · CHA 36-24 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 5:18 · CHA 73-57 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Marco Belinelli technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:11 · CHA 95-74 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 11:37 · CHA 1-8 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 7:26 · CHA 97-81 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Malcolm Delaney misses technical free throw
Q4 7:11 · CHA 95-74 ATL
📊The numbers
| CHA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
